Lot 8: THE DEXTER FAMILY CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY SERPENTINE-FRONT BOMBE CHEST-OF-DRAWERS

Name: THE DEXTER FAMILY CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY SERPENTINE-FRONT BOMBE CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
Brand: Christie's
SKU: f92fcfc396

Est: $600,000 USD - $900,000 USD

Christie'sNew York, NY, USSeptember 28, 2011

Item Overview

Description

THE DEXTER FAMILY CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY SERPENTINE-FRONT BOMBE CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
BOSTON AREA, POSSIBLY THE SHOP OF BENJAMIN FROTHINGHAM (1734-1809), CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, 1770-1795
Appears to retain its original side bail handles; front brasses replaced; right rear foot replaced; underside of case bottom inscribed in chalk Bottom and twice in black paint Blake
31¼ in. high, 36 in. wide, 19¼ in. deep

Artist or Maker

Benjamin Frothingham

Provenance

Possible line of descent:
William Dexter I (1742-1811), Malden, Massachusetts or his son William Dexter II (1764-1809), Malden, Charlestown and Gloucester, Massachusetts
William Dexter III (1789-1830), grandson and son of above
Elizabeth Dering (Dexter) Blake (1820-1885), daughter
Frederick Dering Blake (1845-1905), son
Frederick Henry Blake (1877-1951), son
Thence by descent in the family

Notes

Property from a Direct Descendant of the Dexter Family

THE DEXTER FAMILY CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY SERPENTINE-FRONT BOMBE CHEST-OF-DRAWERS
BOSTON AREA, POSSIBLY THE SHOP OF BENJAMIN FROTHINGHAM (1734-1809), CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, 1770-1795
Appears to retain its original side bail handles; front brasses replaced; right rear foot replaced; underside of case bottom inscribed in chalk Bottom and twice in black paint Blake
31¼ in. high, 36 in. wide, 19¼ in. deep

Auction Details

Important American Furniture, Folk Art & Decorative Arts

Christie's

September 28, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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