THE GIBBS FAMILY CHEST ON CHEST Newport Circa 1770 Primary Wood: Mahogany Secondary Woods: Yellow Poplar; Chestnut; Pine Height: 84 inches, Width: 41 1 / 2 inches, Depth: 21 1 / 2 inches Provenance: George Gibbs II, Newport, Rhode Island; by descent in his family, before 1990. Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1990; Private Collection, Missouri; Private Collection, Virginia. Reference: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Volume 10 , page 2605, no. P6309.
THREE SHELL CHEST OF DRAWERS Attributed to Job Townsend, Jr. (1726–1778) Newport Circa 1765 Primary Wood: Mahogany, Secondary Woods: White Pine, Chestnut, and Tulip Poplar. Height: 32 inches, Width: 35 3 / 4 inches, Depth: 20 1 / 2 inches
Provenance: Mrs. Franklin Bartlett (nee’ Bertha King Post), New York, before 1921; consigned by her estate to American Art Galleries, New York, January 13–15, 1921, lot 607; sold to Alfred Barmore Maclay (1871–1944), New York; by descent in his family, until 1999. Reference: American Art Association, New York, Catalogue of the Collection of Early American, English, and French Furniture Formed by the Late Mrs. Franklin Bartlett , sale cat. (January 13–15, 1921), lot 607, ill.Martha H. Willoughby, "The Accounts of Job Townsend, Jr.," American Furniture (1999) : 110–113, fig. 1–6.
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