ID 1362379
Lot 567 | THE JABEZ BOWEN CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY BLOCK-AND-SHELL BUREAU TABLE
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000
PROBABLY DOCUMENTED TO JOHN GODDARD (1724-1785), NEWPORT, 1763
retains the majority of its original brasses; with traces of probably original lettering, possibly A, B and E, in chalk on exterior of backs of three of the small drawers
32 in. high, 35 ¾ in. wide, 20 ½ in. deep
Provenance
Deputy Governor Jabez Bowen (1739-1815), Providence, Rhode Island
Possibly Oliver Bowen (1767-1804), son or Oliver’s wife Rebecca (Demont) Bowen (1777-1860), Providence, daughter-in-law
Mary Demont Bowen (1799-1878), Providence, daughter
Ednah Goodhue Bowen (1848-1913), Providence and Boston, first cousin once removed
Dorothy Flagg Bowen (1892-1974), niece
Thence by descent
Literature
Donald F. Bowen, "A Clock Case by John Goddard," The Antiquarian (August 1930), p. 37.
The Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery, RIF7123 (forthcoming).
| Artist: | John Goddard (1724 - 1785) |
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| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
| Art style: | Chippendale (1750-1780) |
| Category: | Services |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables, Desks and bureaus |
| Artist: | John Goddard (1724 - 1785) |
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| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
| Art style: | Chippendale (1750-1780) |
| Category: | Services |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables, Desks and bureaus |
| Address of auction |
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