Details
Appears to retain its original hardware
30 in. (76.2 cm.) high, 3634 in. (93.3 cm.) wide, 2234 in. (57.8 cm.) deep
Provenance
An Upstate New York Family
Donald Sack, Inc., Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania
A Midwest Collector
Christie's, New York, 24 October 1992, lot 174A
Wayne Pratt, Inc., Woodbury, Connecticut, 1993
Literature
J. T. Busch, "Americana in Minnesota", Antiques & Fine Art (Autumn/Winter 2005), p. 175.
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Lot Essay

With its original hardware and exceptionally tall bracket feet, this block-front bureau table is an outstanding surviving of the form. Here, the rounded blocking with minimal carved embellishments exemplifies the restrained designs favored by Boston's mid-eighteenth century cabinetmakers.

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