Live Auction 2200Important American Furniture, Folk Art & Prints
A Queen Anne Carved Walnut Dressing Table
Lot 85 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

A Queen Anne Carved Walnut Dressing Table

BOSTON-AREA, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1760

Closed30 September 2009

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A Queen Anne Carved Walnut Dressing Table
Boston-Area, Massachusetts, circa 1760
Appears to retain original hardware, repair to left rear leg, patch to right rear foot, top possibly of a later date
29½ in. high, 34¼ in. wide, 21½ in. deep

According to family tradition the dressing table was owned by either Sargeant Joseph and his wife Hannah (Clesson) Allen (1701-1785) or their son Zebulon and his wife Freedom (Cooley) Allen (1727-1786) of Northfield in the Connectiut River Valley
Samuel Clesson Allen (1727-1842)
Elisha Hunt Allen (1804-1883)
Mary Jane Allen (1860-1946), daughter
Priscilla Allen (1904-1996)
By descent to the present owner