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Premier Auction - Session II

Sat, Sep 17, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1085

Fine Pennsylvania Chippendale Walnut 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

Philadelphia area, 1760-1780, molded figured walnut top, dovetailed drawers with bat wing brasses, flanked by inset fluted quarter columns, scalloped skirt, shell carved knees, ball and claw feet, yellow pine and white cedar secondary, 29-1/2 x 38 x 28-1/2 in.

Provenance: Drawer with early inscribed paper "Martha Sharpels - presented by her mother, Marsha S. Sharpels, 12th mo 10th day 1901"; Collection of C.L. Prickett

Condition

Good condition overall, brasses are period restorations, wear and restorations to applied carving on shell drawer, feet formerly fitted with casters (now removed), minor crack at one rear foot, some varnish bloom and surface distress, original top reset