Lot 13
A Chippendale Carved Walnut Dressing Table
Sale 1319 - Selections of Fine Americana from the Millhiser Collection
Jan 27, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / New York
Estimate
$50,000 -
80,000
Lot Description
A Chippendale Carved Walnut Dressing Table
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1765
A paper label affixed to the top drawer reads, "Walnut Philadelphia Chippendale Lowboy purchased from the Estate of Sally Houston Henry, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania."
Height 30 1/2 x width 35 1/2 x depth 21 1/2 inches.
Height 30 1/2 x width 35 1/2 x depth 21 1/2 inches.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance:
Sally Houston Henry (1860-1938), Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1939,
Israel Sack, Inc., New York, New York,
Gertrude Ritter Webster (1872-1947), Manchester, Vermont,
Israel Sack, Inc., New York, New York,
E. Ross (1894-1971), and Bessie S. Millhiser (1895-1987), Richmond, Virginia,
Kenneth (1924-2021) and Katherine Millhiser (b. 1937), Piedmont, California,
Literature:
The Magazine Antiques (January, 1948), pg. 3.
Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York: Crown Publishers, 1950), pg. 199.
Albert Sack, Israel Sack, a Record of Service: 1903-1953 (1954), a brochure.
Sally Houston Henry (1860-1938), Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1939,
Israel Sack, Inc., New York, New York,
Gertrude Ritter Webster (1872-1947), Manchester, Vermont,
Israel Sack, Inc., New York, New York,
E. Ross (1894-1971), and Bessie S. Millhiser (1895-1987), Richmond, Virginia,
Kenneth (1924-2021) and Katherine Millhiser (b. 1937), Piedmont, California,
Literature:
The Magazine Antiques (January, 1948), pg. 3.
Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York: Crown Publishers, 1950), pg. 199.
Albert Sack, Israel Sack, a Record of Service: 1903-1953 (1954), a brochure.
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