Property from The Estate of Ms. Betsy Mecom
The Important Bush-Snader Family Queen Anne Dressing Table, case attributed to the Shop of Henry Clifton (c. 1725-1771) and Thomas Carteret (act. 1753-1765), carving attributed to Samuel Harding (d. 1758), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1750
Auction Closed
January 25, 06:34 PM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 1,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
carved and figured mahogany
height 29 ⅞ in. by width 32 ½ in. by depth 20 ¾ in.
with original cast brass hardware and a dark rich historic surface.
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Descended in the Bush-Snader families of Wilmington, Delaware;
Israel Sack, Inc., New York;
Mrs. Walter B. Robb, Buffalo, New York;
Israel Sack, Inc., New York.
Theta Charity Antiques Show, Houston, Texas, September 26-20, 1979;
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, Delaware, 2016-2024.
"The Robb Collection of American Furniture Part II," Magazine Antiques, April 1968, p. 486;
Israel Sack, Inc. advertisement, Magazine Antiques, April 1978, inside frontispiece;
Barry A. Greenlaw, "American furniture in Houston collections,"Magazine Antiques, September 1979, p. 551, pl IX.
Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. 6, (Washington, DC: Highland House Publishers Inc., 1979), pp. 1536-7;
Albert Sack, “The Philadelphia Lowboy: A Comparative Study,” American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol.8, (Washington, DC, Highland House Publishers Inc., 1986), p. 2229;
Albert Sack, The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American, (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1993), p. 213 described as a "Masterpiece";
Luke Beckerdite, "An Identity Crisis: Philadelphia and Baltimore Furniture Styles of the Mid Eighteenth Century," Shaping a National Culture: The Philadelphia Experience, 1750-1800, Catherine E. Hutchines, ed. (Winterthur, DE: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1994), p. 259, fig. 16;
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