Lot 591
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A QUEEN ANNE MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT KNEEHOLE BUREAU TABLE
A QUEEN ANNE MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT KNEEHOLE BUREAU TABLE
A QUEEN ANNE MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT KNEEHOLE BUREAU TABLE
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A QUEEN ANNE MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT KNEEHOLE BUREAU TABLE
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MIDWESTERN VIRTUE: PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SAM AND PATTY MCCULLOUGH
A QUEEN ANNE MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT KNEEHOLE BUREAU TABLE

BOSTON, 1740-1760

Details
A QUEEN ANNE MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT KNEEHOLE BUREAU TABLE
BOSTON, 1740-1760
appears to retain its original hardware
30 in. high, 36 ¾ in. wide, 22 ¾ in. deep
Provenance
An Upstate New York Family
Donald Sack, Inc., Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania
A Midwest Collector
Christie's, New York, 24 October 1992, lot 174A
Wayne Pratt, Inc., Woodbury, Connecticut, 1993
Literature
J. T. Busch, 'Americana in Minnesota', Antiques & Fine Art (Autumn/Winter 2005), p. 175.

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Lot Essay

With its original hardware and exceptionally tall bracket feet, this block-front bureau table is an outstanding surviving of the form. Here, the rounded blocking with minimal carved embellishments exemplifies the restrained designs favored by Boston's mid-eighteenth century cabinetmakers.

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