Cherry and Mahogany
One Drawer Stand
New England
Circa 1810
The square top with mahogany inlay border having a central oval inlay on plain apron raised on delicate bamboo turned legs. Small piece of mahogany banding is missing and the turned wood knob is replaced. (Height: 26. 875-inches; width 15.875 by 15-inches.)
Price: $1,945
605-54
Queen Anne Lowboy
Pennsylvania
Walnut
The rectangular, molded and shaped top on case with single long drawer above two short drawers above apron shaped apron...raised on cabriole legs; turned and carved feet. The original top was moved forward 1.5-inches with a splice added to the rear; corners reshaped; brasses are replaced. Height: 28.75 inches; width: 33 inches; depth: 21.25 inches.)
Price: $10,750
505-32
Grain-Painted Hepplewhite Desk
New England...country slant-lid
Circa 1810-1835
The rectangular lid opening to cubbies and drawers above a case of three drawers; each with possibly original turned wood pulls. The case is raised on French feet joined by draped apron...affording a light and stylish Neoclassical appearance within the rural home. The desk and surface remain in superb condition. (Height: 42 inches; width: 42 inches; depth: 17.5 inches.)
Price: $5,250
431-34
Chippendale Drop-Leaf-Table
New England
Mahogany
As depicted, old surface with good patina; nice small size. Minor imperfection...small wood loss at one corner of leaf near rule-joint.
Dimensions: 28-inches high, 45 by 44.25-inch top with the leaves up, 45 by 12.75-inche top with the leaves down.
Price: $2,175
231-20
William and Mary Ball-Foot Chest
New England
Circa 1730-1750
Maple and pine
The top with molded edge above a double-arch molded case fitted with two short drawers above four long drawers raised on a molded base with ball feet. The top and sides retain a dry mustard/brown painted surface dating to the early 19th century; the drawer fronts and moldings are of a dark old maple color...original backboards; replaced feet and brasses. (Height: 42.5 inches; width: 40.5 inches; depth: 20 inches.)
Price: $3,975
718-9
A Rare and Important
New England Red Painted
Pine Dressing Table (Toilet Table)
Probably New Hampshire
Circa 1780-1790
The scalloped top with generous overhang above apron with incised beaded border raised on delicate square molded legs. A most desirable surface...gorgeous early 19th century dry red paint over robin's egg blue. (Height: 29 inches; width: 36.25 inches; depth: 20.75 inches.) For a closely related Portsmouth example, referred to Broke Jobe and Myrna Kaye, New England Furniture/The Colonial Era, pp. 294-5, pl. 71.
Price: $28,500
210-134
Set of 4 Chelsmford, Mass. Banister Back Chairs
C. 1730.
Descended in one family, and picked from the estate by the current owners. Arm chair 47.25" Tall with 16.25" seat; Side Chairs 46" tall with 17.5" seats. Still sturdy.
Price: On Request
ACD
A rare alarm patent time piece with gilt rope frames
One of a "handful" extant examples...
SIGNED-Aaron Willard Jr.
Boston, Massachusetts
Circa 1825
This attractive banjo clock features a rare alarm movement with outside bell mounted at the crest. The frames each contain magnificent original painted glass tablets in exceptional condition. The throat glass is exceptional with outstanding and important foliate and scroll motif with fanciful flourishes above a basket of fruit and the word "patent: within a scroll festooned with Rocco style decoration...the red, gold, blue and sepia decoration is all the more forceful against the mustard ground. The lower glass is decorated with the deity Aurora driving a team of winged horses, within a gilt border against the conforming mustard ground. Note the definition of Aurora's face and the incredible detail of the chariot as related to color and fancy ornamentation. The chariot is positioned before a powerful explosion of light rays and roiling clouds as it floats on ethereal clouds that ground the composition.
The movement is signed with a die stamp at the upper right on the front plate "A. Willard Jr / Boston". Very few movements are signed. The case retains a dry surface with fine old patina. Height Overall 32 1/8"
The original brass movement has been serviced and is in good running order. The alarm mechanism has been expertly restored. The alarm hand and weight are replaced with exact copies from original examples. The bell is period but not original to this clock. The original dial has restoration to the infield.
Price: $26,250
270-69
Country Sheraton
Doll Or Child's Chest
First half-19th century...
Pittsfield, Maine
Pine
Side-by-side glove drawers surmounted by scrolled backboard above a projecting case of three long drawers raised on carved octagonal feet; feet swell and taper and are analogues extensions of the stiles. The drawers are dovetailed with drawer fronts being painted and having turned wooden knobs; case in a red resin stain. Secondary wood on lower drawer restored, otherwise all else fine and original. (Height: 23.5 inches; width: 21.75 inches; depth: 12.5 inches.)
Price: $1,475
933-3
Blanket Chest with Two Drawers...original cut and chased brasses and escutcheons
Probably Guilford, Connecticut
Circa 1730
The surface possesses exceptional depth and character. Maple and tulip poplar. Measures 40-inches in height, 39.75-inches in width and 19.75-inches in depth.
Price: $11,750
621-25
Small Paint Decorated Blanket Box
Dimensions: 22.5-inches high, 39.75-inches wide, 16-inches deep.
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Price: $4,250
573-31
Windsor Bowback Side Chair
In Original Paint
Eastern Connecticut or Rhode Island
Circa 1800-1810
Original black paint with gold highlights and a gray under coat.
Dimensions: 37.5-inches high, 16.25-inch seat height, 14-inches wide, 14.75-inches deep.
Price: $1,625
573-2
Child's Pembroke Table
Early 19th Century
Mahogany
The rectangular top with shaped falling leaves above a plain apron fitted with a single drawer...raised on turned legs. The edges of top are with double bead; fine dovetail drawer construction...a neat table. Height: 23 inches; Top (open): 25.25 by 18 inches; Top (closed): 18 by 13.25 inches.)
Price: $1,445
605-40
Large Pine Table-Bench
New England
Circa 1825
The rectangular top on large cleats above a hinged storage compartment raised on cutout legs. The table is successfully designed, well made, and functional and has a nice dry surface and good patina. (Height: 30.75 inches; Seat Height: 15.5 inches; Top: 71.75 x 30.25 inches.)
Price: $6,400
393-1
Pair Of Chippendale Mahogany Side Chairs
Massachusetts, probably Boston
Circa 1775
This carved mahogany side chair with a serpentine crest ending in molded scrolled terminals above the openwork pierced scroll owl splat; above the over-upholstered trapezoidal seat frame; on frontal square beaded legs joined to the chamfered rear legs by square H-stretcher. The chairs have good rich color and are in fine condition. (Height: 37.5 inches; Seat Height: 17.5 inches; Width: 21.5 inches; Depth: 18 inches.)
Price: $5,400
492-9
A Pair of Delaware Valley Ladder-Back Side Chairs
In original blue green paint...great patina
Circa 1800-1820 - SOLD
The four arched slats set into slightly tapering stiles with very nice acorn finials above original splint seats; front legs with reel and compressed ball turnings; top of front legs with turnip feet extend beyond the seats and are incised with concentric circles. Fine condition. (Height: 38.75-inches; seat height: 15.75-inches; seat dimensions are 17.25 across the front with a depth of 14.5-inches.)
422-1 - SOLD
Queen Anne Flattop Highboy
Eighteenth Century
New England, butternut and white pine
The top case with bold cornice having two short drawers over three graduated long overlapping drawers; restored mid-molding sits within the original base molding of lower case. The base with sophisticated skirt is raised on cabriole legs ending in pad feet; two overlapping drawers, the lower drawer molded simulating three short drawers with a splendid central fan having 18-lobes. Although mounted within the original holes the brasses are replaced; all but one knee bracket are old replacements with one fishtail being replaced. The twentieth century resin stained surface is tinted red. (Top case: 35 5/8 by 17.25-inches; lower case: 38 by 19-inches; widest dimension at mid-molding: 39 1/8-inches; height: 72.5-inches.)
Price: $7,875
467-2
Turned great-chair with oversized pommels and tallest finials...
Early, large and substantial
New London County, Connecticut
Circa 1680
Ash
This monumental chair may fill this gap in the object record. While the chair assumes the basic configuration of archetypical New London County turned-chairs, it exhibits subtle structural and ornamental variations that suggest a probable earlier date of manufacture. Overall, the chair is larger and more substantial than the standard New London County turned-chair. The posts are massive, exceeding 2.5-inches in diameter. The finials are the tallest and most robust examples known. The posts are turned with a dense sequence of urns, rings, and incised lines that reflects the compressed character of mid 17th-century turned ornament. Additionally, the chair is constructed entirely of ash, a wood more familiar to immigrant turners than the maple used for the pots of virtually all other New London County turned-chairs.
Condition
This New London County great-chair has sustained some loss and damage during the course of its use. However, the visual and academic importance of the chair balances any issues of condition. When old upholstery was removed, the shaped profiles were lost from the upper edges of the slats. These missing elements have been restored based upon the pattern of other intact New London County turned-chairs. The posts have been extended about 6", although the lower row of stretchers is intact. Probably during the 19th-century, a horizontal brace was installed behind the finials. This addition necessitated the removal of the back profile of the finials and top section of the posts, a missing element also recently restored. The present coat of black paint dates to the 20th-century.
References
Another New London County turned-chair with unusually heavy ash posts is owned by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and is illustrated in American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection, p. 2; catalog entry f-2. Other information is available by request.
Price: $21,000
621-18
Hudson River Valley Kas
Eighteenth Century
Gumwood
The upper section with outstanding deeply molded stepped cornice above frame featuring twin paneled doors with rectangular moldings that center molded stiles and the integral dividing panel all with glyphs. The top case rests on the lower case with exposed dovetails and a row of two short drawers with diamond elements applied to the rail then raised on a beautiful compound molding above the tall boldly scrolled flat bracket feet. The interior is fitted with two full shelves, a quarter shelf and single short drawer. The cornice is 75.5-inches by 27.75-inches; dimensions of case are 60 by 19.75-inches.
Price: $25,500
497-11
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