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
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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
John Folwell and David Rittenhouse
There are several digitized versions of Thomas Chippendale's Director available on the internet. I came across one I had not seen before before while doing research for the talk I gave on October 9th 2021 at the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors annual symposium. What surprised and delighted me about the edition I … Continue reading John Folwell and David Rittenhouse
John Folwell Chest-on-Chest
A chest-on-chest that will sell on January 21, 2021 at Sotheby's has been attributed to the Philadelphia cabinetmaker John Folwell (w. 1762-1780) based on the large conjoined initials “JF” inscribed on the top board of the lower case. Top board of the lower section of the chest-on-chest. Photo Sotheby's. The chest may very well be … Continue reading John Folwell Chest-on-Chest
In Proportion to the Trouble 