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Dressing Table Resurfaces

November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 / Christopher Storb / 5 Comments

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

October 12, 2021 / Christopher Storb / Leave a comment

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

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 / Christopher Storb / 8 Comments

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

Jackson in Miami

December 6, 2018 / Christopher Storb / Leave a comment

The Moderne Gallery of Philadelphia is exhibiting at Design Miami and the gallery is including Daniel Jackson's (October 18, 1938- August 3, 1995) "Rocking Unicorn" in their booth.   I wrote about the rocker a year ago here.  It had recently arrived at the Moderne Gallery, coincidentally, from an estate in Florida.   At the gallery, … Continue reading Jackson in Miami

Addis Family Update

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 / Christopher Storb / 1 Comment

A reader recently commented that it is “always interesting to see what others find on the Addis family”. I second that thought, and the extended Addis family has heard us! Several current Addis family members have been updating the Addis family tree on the website Ancestry.com. Though both S. J. Addis and his younger brother … Continue reading Addis Family Update

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