Possibly by Benjamin Baker, Newport, 1765-1785
27-7/8"h x 33-1/8"w x 16-3/4"d
A card table with similar knee carving sold in these rooms, May 25, 2022, lot 50 for $307,500. A high chest also with similar knee carving and a closely related shell to the documented Baker dressing table in the Preservation Society of Newport County resides in a private New England Collection.
Provenance: Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, "American and English Furniture of the 17th and 18th Century: The Choice Private Collection of Arthur M Nowak", Lot 142; The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Sherer; The Collection of Alice and Murray Braunfeld; Sotheby's New York, "The Collection of Alice and Murray Braunfeld", January 17th, 2004, Lot 1232; Property from a Connecticut Gentleman
Condition
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