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Lot 771

Philadelphia William and Mary Walnut Dressing Table

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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

possibly period elements, rectangular top with molded edges over three dovetailed drawers, poplar and white cedar secondary, on trumpet turned legs with cross stretchers, 30 x 34 x 23-1/2 in.

Provenance: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Miodrag R. Blagojevich; Property Deaccessioned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia; all proceeds to benefit the Collections Acquisitions Fund

Note: Karen M. Jones, "The Blagojevich Collection of William and Mary Furniture at Colonial Williamsburg," ANTIQUES, Vol. 123, No. 1 (January 1983): 200. Helen Comstock, "West St. Mary's Manor; the Maryland home of Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Miodrag Blagojevich," ANTIQUES (February, 1963): 186. Eleanor H. Gustafson, "Museum Accessions," ANTIQUES (May 1977): 911.

Condition

rebuilt and possibly a 20th century copy, top reset, brasses period but replaced, construction inconsistencies throughout, shrinkage cracks and checking to legs, two inch strip at back of top replaced, minor loss at one foot turning

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