VERY FINE AND RARE QUEEN ANNE WALNUT POLE SCREEN, THOMAS TUFFT (1740-1788), PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1770

Auction Closed

January 26, 08:38 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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VERY FINE AND RARE QUEEN ANNE WALNUT POLE SCREEN, THOMAS TUFFT (1740-1788), PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1770

the underside of juncture of legs with apparently original paper label of Thomas Tufft.

Height 54 ½ in. by Depth 16 in., Screen 21 ¾ in.

Joseph Kindig, Jr. and Son, York, Pennsylvania;

Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Chinese Export Porcelain, October 14, 1999, sale 9268, lot 180;

C.L. Prickett Antiques, Yardley, Pennsylvania.

This pole screen remarkably retains the original paper label of the Philadelphia cabinetmaker Thomas Tufft. Very few pre-Revolutionary pieces of American furniture survive with their original labels. The presence of this label documents the wide diversity of objects a cabinetmaking shop like Tufft would make.