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Property from the Brooklyn Museum | March 20, 2024

Wed, Mar 20, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 8

Boston William and Mary Burlwood Veneered High Chest of Drawers

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

18th century, highly figured burlwood veneers, engraved brasses, trumpet form legs with shaped stretchers, dovetailed construction with white pine secondary, 61 x 38 x 20 in.

Provenance: Purchased from Ginsburg & Levy, New York, NY, 1957 (includes label); Property from the Brooklyn Museum

Condition

restorations and repairs, legs and stretchers likely replaced, possible restorations at bed molding, other scattered repairs, possibly original brasses reset

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Purchased from Ginsburg & Levy, New York, NY, 1957 (includes label); Property from the Brooklyn Museum