From the private collection of Bill Reese sold at Christie's, Swan's, The British Architect: or the Builders Treasury of Stair-cases. Philadelphia, 1775: R. Bell for John Norman 1775. The first architecture book printed in America, a reprint of Abraham Swan's influential design book. “This copy with two prospectus leaves, for John Norman and John Folwell's The … Continue reading The British Architect
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Dressing Table Sells at Sotheby’s
The March 2022 issue of Maine Antique Digest has an article by Lita Solis-Cohen on the sale of the Pfaffenroth collection that was sold at Sotheby’s on January 19. The dressing table I restored in 1993 is illustrated in the article. The caption mentions my blog posts about the restoration and how Erik Gronning found … Continue reading Dressing Table Sells at Sotheby’s
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
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
Dressing Table Resurfaces
I wrote several posts about a 1993 restoration of a dressing table for a client after the table was sold at auction. The posts can be found below. 29 years later it will be sold, again at Sotheby's, New York in January 2022. The dressing table in storage at Sotheby's earlier this year. I haven't … Continue reading Dressing Table Resurfaces
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