Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Decorative Arts New York 24 September 2012 Sale no: 2584

4 Top Ten [Sold figures include buyers premium. For full details see christies.com.] Sold: $3,322,313 Lots Sold: 87 Lots Offered: 102 Exchange Rate: 0.62= $1 / 0.77= $1 Lot Description An important Chippendale carved mahogany easy chair, carving attributed to the Garvan carver, Philadelphia, 1760-1765 A Chippendale carved mahogany tassel-back side chair, Philadelphia, 1765-1780 A Chippendale carved walnut dressing table, carving attributed to the Spike carver, Philadelphia, 1760-1780 A Chippendale mahogany block-front chestof-drawers, Boston, 1750-1790 A Queen Anne Japanned maple bureau table, the Japanned ornament attributed to Robert Davis, Boston, c.1735 A Chippendale mahogany wall clock, the dial signed by Aaron Willard, Grafton or Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1778-1790 The Cabot Family Chippendale mahogany block-front block-lid slant-front desk, possibly by Nathaniel Gould, or one of his contemporaries, North Shore, Massachusetts, 1760-1780 Attributed to Erastus Salisbury Field (18051900), Portrait of Almira Canning Cowles, oil on canvas A Chippendale mahogany block-front deskand-bookcase, attributed to Benjamin Frothingham, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1750-1770 A Chippendale Carved Mahogany Hairy-Paw Side Chair, Boston, 1760-1785 2,059,834 Sold by Lot: 85% Purchase Price $1,116,500 692,230 859,705 $218,500 135,470 168,245 $116,500 72,230 89,705 $104,500 64,790 80,465 $98,500 61,070 75,845 $98,500 61,070 75,845 $92,500 57,350 71,225 $80,500 49,910 61,985 $74,500 46,190 57,365 $60,000 37,200 46,200 2,558,181 Sold by $: 93%

Estimate ($)

Buyer

19

600,000 - 900,000

Anonymous

15

60,000 - 90,000

U.S. Trade

41

100,000 - 200,000

Anonymous

24

40,000 - 60,000

U.S. Trade

20

60,000 - 90,000

Anonymous

40

80,000 - 120,000

U.S. Private

39

60,000 - 90,000

U.S. Private

25

50,000 - 80,000

U.S. Private

50

60,000 - 90,000

U.S. Private

49

20,000 - 40,000

U.S. Trade

Andrew Holter, Head of Department, said: Christies was honored to have been entrusted by the Philadelphia Museum of Art with the sale of their Garvan carved Chippendale mahogany easy chair, which achieved $1.16 million the third highest price for the form. In addition, we were proud to, once again, represent the Wunsch Americana Foundation, which included the sale of a superb Chippendale mahogany tassel-back side chair, which realized $218,500, soaring well-above its estimate. We look forward to our Americana Week sales in January 2013.
Press Contact Date and Location of Next Sale Sung-Hee Park, 212 636 2680 spark@christies.com New York, January 2013