Lot 137
  • 137

THE ELLIS FAMILY Fine and Rare CHIPPENDALE CARVED AND FIGURED WALNUT DRESSING TABLE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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Description

  • height 29 1/2 in. by width of top 35in. by depth 21 3/4 in. (74.9cm by 88.9cm by 55.2cm)
Appears to retain its original brasses.  Retains warm color and rich old finish. 

Provenance

Thomas S. Ellis, Philadelphia, 1845
Margaret H. Ellis, 1882
Elizabeth Y. Brasington, 1893
Elizabeth H. Brasington and Anne B. Ellis, 1922
Israel Sack, Inc., New York

Literature

American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Vol. VII, p. 1862, illus.
Albert Sack, The New Fine Points of Furniture, Crown Publishers, New York, 1993, p. 219, illus., described as a "masterpiece"