Boston, circa 1740, both retaining dry old surfaces and original brasses, aprons with acorn drops, white pine secondaries, 29-1/4 x 30-3/4 x 18-3/4 in.; the high chest 70 x 38-1/2 x 20-3/4 in.
Provenance: Philip H. Bradley Antiques, April 1988 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $85,000); Collection of Dr. George and Connie Manger
Literature: This lot is illustrated in "Living with Antiques: A Middle-Atlantic Collection of Collections" by John C. Newcomer, Antiques Magazine, May 1999, p. 741, plates XV and XVI.
Note: Per Philip Bradley notes, the high chest and dressing table were both originally owned by Colonel Thomas Marshall (1719-1800) of Boston, Massachusetts, who married Lucy Allen (1727-1794) of Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1759, thence by descent to Thomas Marshall II (1781-1863) of Weston, Massachusetts, nephew, to Elizabeth Marshall (1817-1905) of Weston, Massachusetts, daughter, to Joseph S.B. Knox Jr (1852-1884), of Boston, son, to Elizabeth Knox Campbell (1883-1986), of Weston, Massachusetts, daughter, to Elizabeth Campbell Wood (1910-1976), of Medford, Massachusetts, daughter, to Elizabeth Wood Davis of West Newfield, Maine, daughter.
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