The exhibition “A Collector’s Vision: Highlights from the Dietrich American Foundation” opened at the Philadelphia Museum of Art the first week of February 2020 and was scheduled to run through June 7, 2020. On March 13, all of the museums on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia announced they were closing to help stem the … Continue reading A Collector’s Vision: Highlights from the Dietrich American Foundation
Woodworking
To an Oval Table
Last summer we had the chance to examine the first oval table that can be attributed to the workshop of John Head (1688-1754). According to entries in his account book, John Head sold approximately fifty-five oval tables between 1720 and 1737. Prices ranged from £0-18-0 for a pine table to £3-0-0, of which six were … Continue reading To an Oval Table
Philadelphia 1769 June 3ᴰ 5ᴴ 4′ 43″
CraftNOW Philadelphia unites the leading institutions, artists and patrons of Philadelphia’s craft community to celebrate the city’s rich legacy of craft, its internationally-recognized contemporary craft scene, and its important role as an incubator for arts based in wood, clay, fiber, metal and glass. For their fall fundraiser that takes place later this month on September … Continue reading Philadelphia 1769 June 3ᴰ 5ᴴ 4′ 43″
Bartram Family Joiner Chest Over Drawers, Part 2
I found the Bartram Family joiner chest over drawers in a corner on the balcony at Pook & Pook, Inc. It did not rate the main gallery on the ground floor, but then, it is not a complex furniture form, it's not made of walnut , and while its primary wood species is a softwood, … Continue reading Bartram Family Joiner Chest Over Drawers, Part 2
Bartram Family Joiner Chest Over Drawers
On January 12, 2019, Pook & Pook Inc. will be auctioning a hard pine chest, 1720-1730, that can be attributed to the Bartram family joiner. In previous blog posts I highlighted furniture attributed to this shop including an oval table and a dressing table made for James and Elizabeth Maris Bartram who were married in 1725. … Continue reading Bartram Family Joiner Chest Over Drawers
