Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
A Chippendale Manchineel Serpentine Marble-Top Pier Table, Goddard-Townsend School, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1770
Auction Closed
April 21, 08:50 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Chippendale Manchineel
Serpentine Marble-Top Pier Table
circa 1770
with label inscribed Mrs. Selk, N.Y. on proper left front knee return
marble top replaced and the rear proper left leg repaired
28¼ x 47 x 18 in. (71.8 x 119.4 x 45.7 cm.)
This table is made from a rare wood called Manchineel.
Caroline Clendenin Ryan Foulke (1910–1987), New York, and Palm Beach, Florida
Stratford Hall Plantation, Stratford, Virginia
Christie's, New York, Highly Important American Furniture Deaccessioned from Stratford Hall Plantation, December 4, 2003, 28–31, lot 6
Wolf Family Collection No. 1205 (acquired from the above ON December 4, 2003)
Stratford Hall Plantation, Stratford, Virginia
Christie's, New York, Highly Important American Furniture Deaccessioned from Stratford Hall Plantation, December 4, 2003, 28–31, lot 6
Wolf Family Collection No. 1205 (acquired from the above ON December 4, 2003)
Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640–1820, Newport, Rhode Island, 1954, p. 99, no. 71;
Rhode Island Furniture Archive: RIF164.
Rhode Island Furniture Archive: RIF164.