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Bloomfield, NJ, United States
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October 20th, 2022 Estate Treasures Auction
Headlining the Chic and Antique Estates Treasure auction is property being consigned by the well-known and highly regarded Rhode Island collector, Stanley Weiss. Collecting for over 30 years, Stanley developed an eye for the early American aesthetic with an emphasis on the Queen Anne through the Neoclassical periods. His passion and enthusiasm for quality craftsmanship and select woods are evident in each piece he collected. Highlights include a superb Chippendale mahogany block-front desk from Massachusetts. Elevated with a fan carved interior, this piece is truly special. Another eye-catcher is a monumental Classical mahogany bookcase attributed to Joseph Meeks and Sons, New York, circa 1830. Estimated at $3,000-$5,000 this piece offers a whole lot of bang for the buck. Another fine New York piece is a paw foot lyre-back side chair attributed to the famed cabinetmaker, Duncan Phyfe. This delicate and rare chair is conservatively priced at $1,500-$3,000. Moving back up the coast, there is a Federal card table from Massachusetts with lunette inlay attributed to cabinetmakers John and Thomas Seymour or one of their contemporaries.
Highlights from other consignments include a George III carved giltwood overmantel mirror in the Chinese taste; a pair of George III giltwood looking glasses, a Regency inlaid mahogany sofa table and a fine George III mahogany Pembroke table with saltire stretcher. Coming from a New England collection is a nice Queen Anne maple high chest of drawers with pad feet. The American Academy of Rome is consigning an architect?s desk attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London.
The sale also features an exceptional group of metalwork highlighted by a bison-decorated silver and copper covered bowl by Joseph Heinrich. This antler-mounted footed bowl is conservatively priced at $5,000-$10,000. Also being offered is a large Tiffany sterling silver "Chrysanthemum" flatware service consigned by a direct descendent of the founders of A&P supermark
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