ID 1122215
Lot 493 | A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY BLOCK-FRONT CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
BOSTON, 1750-90
the upper drawer with handwritten paper label: This bureau belonged to Great-grandmother Blake born Lucy Ann Davenport, 1797. married Jeramiah Blake. Then to her Daughter, Grandmother Clapp-b. Lucy Ann Blake m. John Codman Clapp. Then to her daughter, my mother, b. Emma Isadora Clapp, 1843 m. Edw. Payson Brown--Then to her daughter, my sister b. Edith Blake Brown b. 1869 m. John Lincoln Wilkie. Then to her son, John Wilkie. b. 1904. EIB, Mar. 1935.
31 in. high, 35 ½ in. wide, 21 ½ in. deep
Provenance
Lucy Ann (Davenport) Blake (b. 1797), Dorchester, Massachusetts
Lucy Ann (Blake) Clapp (1821-1867), daughter
Emma Isadora (Clapp) Brown (1843-1888), Dorchester, Massachusetts and Boston, daughter
Edith Blake (Brown) Wilkie (1869-1907), Boston and New York, daughter
John Wilkie (b. 1904), New York and Poughkeepsie, New York, son
Sotheby's New York, 24 October 1993, lot 183
C.L. Prickett, Inc., Yardley, Pennsylvania
New York Private Collection
Christie’s, New York, 24 September 2012, lot 24
| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
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| Art style: | Chippendale (1750-1780) |
| Category: | Chests |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
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| Art style: | Chippendale (1750-1780) |
| Category: | Chests |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Dressers |
| Address of auction |
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