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Sat, Sep 17, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1079

Connecticut Queen Anne Carved Cherry Dressing Table

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

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

probably Wethersfield area, circa 1740-1760, with molded top over four dovetailed drawers, central drawer with deep fan carving, scalloped skirts, cabriole legs with pad feet, white pine secondary, 33 x 33-1/2 x 23-1/4 in.

Note: Illustrated in The Magazine Antiques, December 1979, pg. 1323. A closely related dressing table is illustrated in Connecticut Furniture: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (Wadsworth Atheneum, 1967) catalog number 179.

Provenance: Collection of C.L. Prickett

Condition

good structural condition, brasses replaced, one original knee return, others restored, some traces of early surface, breaks at front dovetails of top drawer (slightly loose), other minor chips at drawer lips, surface wear including at knees and feet, minor cracks, and other expected flaws

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