Property of Various Owners
VERY FINE QUEEN ANNE CARVED AND FIGURED MAHOGANY DRESSING TABLE, POSSIBLY BY BENJAMIN FROTHINGHAM, JR., CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1770
Auction Closed
January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
VERY FINE QUEEN ANNE CARVED AND FIGURED MAHOGANY DRESSING TABLE, POSSIBLY BY BENJAMIN FROTHINGHAM, JR., CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1770
retains a dark, rich, historic surface and appears to retain its original cast-brass hardware.
Height 30 ½ in. by Width 35 in. by Depth 20 ½ in.
This dressing table relates directly to a table in the collection of the Winterthur Museum that was made en suite with a high chest signed by Benjamin Frothingham (see Nancy E. Richards and Nancy Goyne Evans, New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, (Winterthur, DE: Winterthur Museum, distributed by University Press of New England, 1997), pp. 316-8, no. 163).