The chest-on-stand formerly in William “Bill” K. du Pont’s collection is, as both Sotheby’s catalogue entry (lot 505) and Pook & Pook’s catalogue entry from October 2013 say, the only example of this form with any sort of inlay. Swirling light-wood stringing terminating in single and clusters of four dots is present on all of the drawer fronts and the top. … Continue reading A Chest-On-Stand in the Rocky Hill Collection
Author: Christopher Storb
Dressing Table at Sotheby’s
Thanks to Sotheby’s I now have high quality after-treatment images of a dressing table restoration from 1993 that I wrote about in 2015 on this blog. It will be featured in the auction January 19th, 2022, of “Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Art.” As was the case … Continue reading Dressing Table at Sotheby’s
Line and Dot Inlaid Furniture at Sotheby’s
One of Bill du Pont’s collecting focuses over the last decades was inlaid objects from Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Delaware River Valley. Using the search term “inlaid” in the on-line catalogue of his collection to be sold in January 2022 at Sotheby’s turns up no less than 44 objects. If the inlaid metal objects - … Continue reading Line and Dot Inlaid Furniture at Sotheby’s
William Beakes III
As some of you know, the chest of drawers made by William Beakes III, inscribed “William Beakes 171? in white chalk on the interior of the proper left side, will be sold at auction January 22, 2022 when Sotheby’s sells the collection of William (Bill) K. du Pont. The chest has been published numerous times … Continue reading William Beakes III
Brass Handle Reproductions
I was asked in a comment on the previous post where I acquired the brass plates and handles to match the one original surviving escutcheon and the witness marks from the original handles on the dressing table to be sold at Sotheby's in January, 2022. It jogged my memory that I had not written a … Continue reading Brass Handle Reproductions
In Proportion to the Trouble 