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THBExtremely Rare Early New York Walnut Sawn Leg Dressing Table
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Asheville, NC 28805
United States
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LiveApr 9, 2026
Deaccessions including rare American furniture led by an early sawn dressing table from NY or CT, an NC dressing table, a CT Pilgrim Century court cupboard, a Kings County, NY, kast, Thomas Sully’s artist’s cabinet, furniture ex Garbisch, Garvan, Amory Haskell, and others; a Jacques Gruber Art Nouveau bookcase and Aesthetic Movement furniture; 50 samplers including Otis (Boston) and Lee (Philadelphia) families; Continental furniture, clocks, and a room screen by Gaston Priou; fine art by James Butler, Arthur B. Davies, Blakelock, Abraham Walkowitz, Whistler, and others. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
circa 1690, white pine (by microanalysis, report present) and oak secondary woods, four board top with applied molded edge to sides, single drawer with rosehead nails, shaped legs with shaped X-stretcher, bun feet, 28-1/4 x 36-1/2 x 21 in.
Provenance: Gift from an anonymous collector York, PA., in 1960; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
Note: In his catalog note for the exhibition catalog that accompanied "Remembrance of Patria: Dutch Arts and Culture in Colonial America, 1609-1776", Roderic H. Blackburn notes that the shaped legs can be found on both English and Dutch furniture, the construction of the drawers - with the sides let into the front board and nailed - is typically Dutch.
This is the only known surviving American dressing table of this form. At least three related high chests are known. One, at the Wadsworth Atheneum and illustrated twice by Wallace Nutting, first in "Furniture of the Pilgrim Century" (1924), fig. 103., and later in "Furniture Treasury" (1962), fig. 327, is made of oak with a five-leg semi-soft wood (probably basswood) base. Another high chest is also in Connecticut while a third was in the collection of Luke Vincent Lockwood and illustrated in his "Colonial Furniture in America, The Illustrated History of a Great Period of Craftsmanship", third edition, vols. I and II, Fig XII, p. 345. The one in Lockwood's collection was found in Connecticut and was made of cherry.
Exhibited: Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY, "Remembrance of Patria: Dutch Arts and Culture in Colonial America, 1609-1776", May 9-Oct 12, 1986.
Literature: Marvin D. Schwartz, "American Interiors 1675-1885, A Guide to the American Period Rooms in the Brooklyn Museum" (Brooklyn, 1968), fig. 5, p. 12; Roderic H. Blackburn and Ruth Piwonka, "Remembrance of Patria: Dutch Arts and Culture in Colonial America, 1609-1776", (Albany, 1988), cat. no. 248, p. 205; Kevin L. Stayton, "Dutch By Design: Tradition and Changed in Two Historic Brooklyn Houses", (Brooklyn, 1990). fig. 2.24, p. 42.
- Provenance
Gift from an anonymous collector York, PA., in 1960; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
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- Condition
good condition overall considering age, appears to retain original feet and stretchers, brasses replaced, repairs to top with possible warping correction and/or repair and battens likely restored, one side rail with possible repinning, cross lap joint at stretcher with separation, wear and minor losses at foot bottoms Note - Brunk Auctions makes every effort to offer accurate and thorough information, but encourages prospective bidders to inspect items in person whenever possible. Condition statements are provided as a courtesy for general guidance and should not be considered complete or definitive. They do not represent a warranty or assumption of liability by Brunk Auctions. Certain condition issues may not be specifically noted in the report but may be visible in the accompanying photographs, which are considered part of the overall condition report. Please refer to our Terms of Sale for complete information and contact us for additional photos or information as needed.
