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1st item: Hepplewhite mahogany side chair, arched and molded crestrail centered by a carved tablet with curved sides enclosing an egg and dart design, over a three-lobed pierced splat with curved center section suggesting a stylized tulip and leaves design, joined at the tapered waist by a band of ribbon molding. The seat is upholstered […]

Sheraton mahogany work or writing table, mahogany and mahogany veneers with white pine secondary wood. Features two drawers, each with figured veneer and two round brass pulls (original), the top drawer with baize covered lift top writing surface and dividers for ink bottles. Ring turned "cookie" corner posts over spiral legs ending in ring and […]

Mahogany card table, attributed to Philadelphia, with hinged molded top over a plain freize and Marlborough legs, with pierced corner fretwork visually connecting the freize to the legs. Rear leg swings out to support open table top and reveal a hidden compartment. 29-1/2" H x 35" w x 17" D. Provenance: the estate of Margaret […]

Pair of Federal tiger maple canopy beds, each with arched canopy. Plain and tapered headboard posts with mortised arched pine headboards. Columnar posts at foot of bed with reeded baluster form upper shafts over ring turned lower shafts and rectangular blocks to hold ends of rails. Turned tapered legs. Ends measure overall expected wear. Finials […]

Diminutive Queen Anne period drop leaf tea table, cherry with white pine secondary wood. Rectangular top with curved ends and rounded drop leaves, arched skirt and four cabriole legs with curved knees, ending in pad feet. Pegged and rosehead nail construction. 27"H x 33" W (fully extended) x 32-5/8" D. New England, possibly Rhode Island, […]

Southern Federal inlaid sideboard. Serpentine top board over a conforming case with central long drawer, flanked by two side drawers with false fronts (giving the appearance of four small side drawers). Each drawer features quarter fan corner inlay, joined by crossbanding, and beaded edges, with oval brass pulls and beaded escutcheons. The stiles are inlaid […]

Sheraton period wing chair with later striped upholstery, carved reeded hand rests and turned feet. 47"H x 27"W x 24" D. Possibly Boston, circa 1810. Provenance: the estate of Margaret Wemyss Connor, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Overall wear. Some small losses to moldings on hand rests. Some wear to upholstery.

Southern Chippendale Chest of Drawers or Bureau, cherry and poplar with molded rectangular top, two deep drawers flanking a prospect or cupboard door over three graduated drawers with molded edges. Nailed and dovetailed construction, full dustboards. Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts documentation label in top left drawer (September 11, 1982; #11590). 38-1/2"H (including feet) […]

Southern miniature chest of drawers, walnut with poplar secondary wood, rectangular top over three dovetailed drawers in descending size, each with round wood knobs, framed with quarter-round turned molding at the exterior edges. The stacked molding repeats on the paneled sides and corners of the piece; feet are extensions of the stiles, joined by an […]

Hard cover book: "The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture and its Makers Through 1850" by Nathan Harsh and Derita Coleman Williams. Copyright 1988. Provenance: estate of Margaret Wemyss Connor, Nashville, Tennessee. Condition: Wear and some fading to dust cover.