Coastal Massachusetts, attributed to Salem, 1700-1720, maple and white pine with highly figured walnut veneers with double herringbone banding, engraved brasses, turned legs and scalloped stretchers, 62 x 39 x 22 in.
Provenance: consignor notes: Jeremiah Whipple, Providence, Rhode Island; David Whipple (son); Jonathan Whipple (son, b. 1752); Colonel Henry Whipple (son, b. 1789), moved family to Salem, Massachusetts before the 1820 census; George Manton Whipple (son, b. 1830); daughters Isabel Whipple (b. 1858) and Alice B. Whipple (b. 1865); Hollis Brodrick, purchased January, 2009; accompanied by extensive photocopies regarding provenance and genealogy; Tonnesen Collection, New Hampshire
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consignor notes: Jeremiah Whipple, Providence, Rhode Island; David Whipple (son); Jonathan Whipple (son, b. 1752); Colonel Henry Whipple (son, b. 1789), moved family to Salem, Massachusetts before the 1820 census; George Manton Whipple (son, b. 1830); daughters Isabel Whipple (b. 1858) and Alice B. Whipple (b. 1865); Hollis Brodrick, purchased January, 2009; accompanied by extensive photocopies regarding provenance and genealogy; Tonnesen Collection, New Hampshire
<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span calibri=""><span style="color:black">pencil inscription under top two drawers reads "refinished by T Kane, Salem, Mass July 2, 1921, for the misses Whipple, Federal Street", brasses reset or replaced, upper quarter round of bed molding replaced (top appears to have once been fitted with a sub top or another top, now removed), feet and stretchers appear to be original (rear stretcher member possibly restored, the stretchers with some later bracing at underside), some later pinning at front leg attachments, cornice molding replaced, presents very well with only minor apparent surface flaws and some slight edge losses to banding</span></span></span>
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