The John Brown Chinese Export Black and Gilt Lacquer Dressing GlassLate 18th C.
Losses, restorations and surface distress.
As written in Wendy Copper's “The Furniture and Furnishings of John Brown, Merchant of
Providence, 1736-1803,†University of Delaware, Master’s Thesis, "One owned by Brown (Fig. 53) is almost identical to a dressing glass purchased by George Washington between 1795 and 1800."
Provenance: John Brown (1736-1803), Providence, Rhode Island;
To his daughter, Sarah Brown Herreshoff (1773-1846);
To her son Charles Frederick Herreshoff (1809-1888);
Thus by descent in the Herreshoff Family line.
Literature: Wendy Ann Cooper, “The Furniture and Furnishings of John Brown, Merchant of
Providence, 1736-1803,†University of Delaware, Master’s Thesis, 1971, pp. 83 and 85,
fig. 53.
34 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (87.6 x 41.9 x 31.8 cm.)
Condition
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