AFA Winter 2019

P ETER H. E ATON A NTIQUES , I NC . 8 F EDERAL S TREET , W ISCASSET , ME 04578 • (207) 687-8512 WWW .P ETER E ATON . COM • P ETER @P ETER E ATON . COM A N EXCEPTIONALLY RARE B OSTON AREA DRESSING TABLE MADE OF BLACK WALNUT , WITH WALNUT , MAPLE AND EBONY VENEERS , AND PINE SECONDARY WOOD . T HE CASE , WITH INLAID FAN , IS SUPPORTED BY GRACEFUL CABRIOLE LEGS ENDING IN REMARKABLE PADDED FEET WITH SIX ELONGATED ‘ TOES .’ 31½" CASE , 30¼" HT . T HERE ARE ONLY TWO OTHER COMPARABLE PIECES KNOWN : A VENEERED DRESSING TABLE DISCUSSED AND SHOWN ON PP .224-25 IN H ARBOR AND H OME , BY J OBE AND S ULLIVAN , AND A J APANNED HIGH CHEST SIGNED BY R OBERT D AVIS , WITH IDENTICAL FEET AND KNEE RETURNS , WHICH SOLD AT S KINNER IN 2004. WWW.JOANRBROWNSTEINPAINTINGS.COM • WWW.AMERICANFOLKPAINTINGS.COM 8 FEDERAL STREET, P.O. BOX 407, WISCASSET, MAINE 04578 • 207-687-8512 • JOAN@AMERICANFOLKPAINTINGS.COM JOAN R. BROWNSTEIN AMERICAN FOLK PAINTINGS