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
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
In Proportion to the Trouble 