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THBGeorge I Thomas Hitchcock Inlaid Walnut Spinet, Israel Sack Provenance
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Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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LiveMar 20, 2024
A single owner offering of over 200 objects drawn from the period rooms and vaults of this storied museum. With rarities from the 17th through 20th centuries, from the Continent to England to America, from Dorflinger to le Corbusier, the collection includes many objects gifted to the museum 100 years ago or more by notable collectors and families such as Luke Vincent Lockwood, Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan. Period and modern furniture, ceramics, Chinese export, glass, lighting, fireplace equipment, and even 4 architectural interiors are included. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
British, circa 1725, London, nameboard inscribed "Thomas Hitchcock Londini Fecit...", shaped case fitted with keys, strings, and jacks, base in the William and Mary taste with turned legs and Spanish feet, 32 3/4 x 71 x 23 1/4 in.
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Provenance: Wallace Nutting, Rock Bottom, Massachusetts; purchased from Israel Sack & Co., New York, NY, 1920; Property from the Brooklyn Museum
Condition
case is structurally sound, keys and inner workings with significant wear and in need of conservation, not examined by a musical instrument expert, case with scattered dark marks and shrinkages, some molding losses and detachment, base with later stain/paint with wear and losses, one leg reattached at case joint, other general wear and imperfections throughout
- Provenance
Wallace Nutting, Rock Bottom, Massachusetts; purchased from Israel Sack
& Co., New York, NY, 1920; Property from the Brooklyn Museum - Shipping Info
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