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Set of Nesting Tables
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Autumn 2001
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Made of teak, a wood rarely used by Nakashima, this set bears a unique design. With dovetail edges and gently canted sides, it is a classic modernist...
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The Buckeye Family
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Autumn 2001
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The Buckeye Family is one of the most famous carvings in America as well as an icon in the field of American folk sculpture. Greengrocer Joe C. Lee of Overton...
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Urn and Cover, 'The Doctor's Visit'
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Autumn 2001
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According to Jörg in Pronk Porcelain, 'The Doctor’s Visit to the Emperor' was drawn by Cornelius Pronk for the VOC (Dutch East India Company) in 1735 and...
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Chinoiserie-Decorated Black Japanned Cabinet on Chest
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Summer/Fall 2001
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This cabinet on chest is extraordinary as it retains virtually all of its original polychrome and gilt decoration on both the exterior and interior surfaces. A number of late-seventeenth-century pieces...
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Folding Engraved Ivory Gameboard with Carved Ivory Chessmen
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Summer/Fall 2001
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The exterior of the gameboard is inlaid withalternating squares of sandalwood and ivory. The interior is configured for backgammon with ebony and sandalwood triangles...
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Mahogany William and Mary Dining Table
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Summer/Fall 2001
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In June of 2000, our firm acquired one of the most important Southern dining tables still remaining in private hands. Until our primary inspection of the table, it was thought...
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Pair of New York Chippendale Walnut Side Chairs
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Summer/Fall 2001
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These chairs, numbered XII and XIII, are part of a large set made for New York City banker and merchant Samuel Verplanck. The set was presumably commissioned between...
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Spectacular Pintail Drake Decoy
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Summer/Fall 2001
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This pristine pintail duck is a wonderful example of a working decoy that exhibits strong folk art qualities; this particular model is referred to as a “beaver tail” because of its broad tail. Brothers Lem and Steve Ward made their ducks in such...
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Very Fine Silk Embroidered Coat of Arms
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Summer/Fall 2001
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Embroidered coats of arms are a unique New England form of needlework. Ambitious and sophisticated, these fine pieces were prestigious decorations for the home...
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A Fine English Small-Sword by Matthew Boulton
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Summer 2001
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The hilt of cut steel pierced with open work and set with polished studs and beads. Mounted on the hilt are blue and white ceramic cameo plaques stamped Wedgwood...
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