Salem or Boston, 1745-1760, original batwing brasses and escutcheons, rich mellow brown color, central box drawer with deeply carved half fan, white pine secondary, 73-1/2 x 38-1/2 x 20-5/8 in.

Provenance: Descended in the Crowninshield family of Salem, Massachusetts, and probably was made for John Crowninshield (b. December 21, 1728 - d. June 1, 1777); Nathan Liverant and Son, Colchester, Connecticut, March 1997 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $47,500); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Note: Furniture owned by other members of the Crowninshield family are known, including a Chippendale mahogany bombe chest of drawers illustrated in The Detroit Institute of Arts, American Decorative Arts: From the Pilgrims to the Revolution (1967), p. 25; a set of six Federal side chairs in the collection of the U.S. State Department; a pair of painted side chairs, made by John Seymour Jr., at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; and a portable writing desk attributed to Thomas Seymour, now at the Peabody Essex Museum.