Pomfret, Connecticut, 1780-1795, conforming top with thumb molded edge, reverse-serpentine front with blocked ends, original ogee bracket feet, white pine secondary, 34 x 40 x 21 in., case width 36-1/2 in.
Provenance: Perry Family of New London, Connecticut; Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sweet, Lebanon, Connecticut, 1952; George Hoxie (High Sheriff of New London County), Lebanon, Connecticut; Ann Kenyon Morse, Wakefield, Rhode Island; Nathan Liverant and Son, Colchester, Connecticut, October 1989, (accompanied by copy of receipt for $38,000); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Literature: Deanne Levison, "Living with Antiques: A Collection on the Chesapeake Bay", The Magazine Antiques (December 2001), p. 808, pl. VII.
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Perry Family of New London, Connecticut; Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sweet, Lebanon, Connecticut, 1952; George Hoxie (High Sheriff of New London County), Lebanon, Connecticut; Ann Kenyon Morse, Wakefield, Rhode Island; Nathan Liverant and Son, Colchester, Connecticut, October 1989, (accompanied by copy of receipt for $38,000); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
generally good, brasses replaced, one small patch repair to proper left edge of top and larger patch to proper right edge of third drawer, both case sides with vertical shrinkage cracks, original feet and blocking with typical scattered repairs, cracks to backboard
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