Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 8th January 2020
Lot 131
A mid-18th century American black walnut lowboy
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1200
+ Buyers Premium
Description
A mid-18th century American black walnut lowboy, the rectangular top with a moulded edge and unusual stylised leaf protruding front drawers, above three pine lined frieze drawers, above a bat's wing and arc d'arbelete apron, on cabriole legs and pad feet, 70.7cm high, 83.5cm wide, 50.3cm deep.
See Edgar G. Millar JR., American Antique Furniture, volume one, pp.388-389 for examples of American lowboys with very similar apron designs and pl.689 for a table with similar protruding front corners.