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RARE AND IMPORTANT SIGNED GENTLEMAN’S SECRETARY

Offered by: Levy Galleries

Description
RARE AND IMPORTANT SIGNED GENTLEMAN’S SECRETARY
Signed and Dated by Ebenezer Eustis
Salem, Massachusetts 1808

Primary Wood: Mahogany
Secondary Wood: White Pine

Height: 95 inches
Width: 64 1/8 inches
Depth: 16 inches

Provenance: See a letter that states the breakfront was made for John Wheelock (died 1817), President of Dartmouth College and son of its founder, Eleazar Wheelock. By descent to the Wellington Family; to Frances Hunt Weston; to Payson G. Weston, her nephew, of Bloomington, New Jersey; to Charles Woolsey Lyon, Millbrook, New York; to Henry Merritt Paulson, Chicago, Illinois; to Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York; to Henry Paulson, Chicago, Illinois..

Reference: Exhibited at The Art Institue of Chicago, July 17-September 13, 1971, in the exhibition entitled American Art of the Colonies and Early Republic, and illustrated in the corresponding catalog on pages 48-49, number 59; Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc. Gallery Catalogue V, page 129; The Magazine Antiques, September, 1988, page 339.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1808
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	752460

Dimensions

W.	61.125 in;	H.	95 in;	D.	16 in;
W.	155.26 cm;	H.	241.3 cm;	D.	40.64 cm;

Message from Seller:

For over 100 years, and spanning four generations, the Levy family has been involved in the field of top quality Americana. We have been fortunate to work with many of the top private and public collections throughout the world. This is only an introduction to our varied collections of Americana and objects of American interest. We invite you to visit our New York City loft space in Chelsea filled with fine examples of American furniture, silver, ceramics, needlework and painting.