M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS
"A Rare Queen Anne Burr Maple & Kingwood Traveling Bureau, c1710" & "A Fine George III Mahogany Book Caddy, c1790"
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A rare Queen Anne burr maple veneer “stained” in lampblack to resemble tortoiseshell – in the manner of cabinetmakers John Coxed and Thomas Wooster (1690-1736) : banded to the edges and center with kingwood, the surfaces radiant and now softly faded to a glorious color; having a rectangular top above a sloping fall (with original lock and key), and opening to a veneered surface and later green morocco-lined recess, the sides with brass carrying handles; the lower section with a pull-out dressing mirror flanked by rectangular lopers, having a shallow drawer fitted for two inkwells to one side, the other side with a vacant deep drawer, the whole raised on a moulded plinth above shallow bracket feet
Most “tortoiseshell-like” surfaces,
and likewise the small bureaus, were produced by
John Coxed, and Coxed and Wooster
from c1700 through 1720, most c 1705-10.
Existing traveling bureaus of
this period are quite rare.
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A fine George III mahogany book caddy, c1790, of delicate and exceptional form with a fine and mellow faded color, the rectangular case having a raised gallery with shaped ends to the top, surmounted by a square carrying handle with arched corner brackets, above a straight frieze with two short drawers over one long drawer, all with satinwood inlaid stringing to the borders, and with small brass knobs; retaining key Provenance : Alfred Bullard, Philadelphia
9.5” High, to the gallery / 14” High, to the carrying handle 18.5” Long / 9” Deep
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Millicent Ford Creech
901-761-1163 (gallery) / 901-827-4668 (cell)
581 S. PERKINS ROAD / LAURELWOOD COLLECTION / MEMPHIS, TN 38117 Hours : Wed.-Sat. 11-6, or by appointment Complimentary Gift Wrapping
mfcreech@bellsouth.net or mfordcreech@gmail.com
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