More likely a stamped sheet brass drawer pull.
I would if it was mine & a period late 18th-century chest, it deserves correct pulls in any restoration. Plus, you've got Optimum Brasses right...
Yes, I remember when @verybrad posted about those Wright chairs a couple of years ago. Pricey as I recall, let's look them up.:cigar: YIKES! yes,...
Agree, legs do look to be cut off.
It's a Windsor rocker, not very old. Seat height would determine if for a child, a normal adult seat would be 17 inches or so measured from the...
Many auction houses will "add" to single collection sales to "fill in" to get to a 500 or more object sale. Many collections just aren't that vast...
Not sure that will happen in this sale, Bill was a hoarder of the 1st rank and had the resources to gather the best of the best. He cornered the...
Well, the main reason I registered this early is, as the auction gets nearer there are bound to be new developments and Sotheby's will almost...
I have always lusted for a Shaker work-stand from Enfield NH but considering the prices they fetch, I can keep on lusting! 40k and UP! for a...
LOL, I hear you!
It is taking function to a place never before seen and never after equaled. It is the only known 100% American-designed furniture, perfectly...
Not necessarily, The Shakers for example took function to a whole other level, elegant. They didn't mean to but, they did.
Ditto, I find I usually do much better at sales where there are many outstanding examples in the same auction. I got a wonderful Pilgrim table...
Well, I am hoping to do both! :happy: Something that is overlooked for one reason or another is my game plan. I already know most of the...
Yes it is, used by many restorers in the USA for colonial period pieces for hardware, good stuff. They take early furniture hardware seriously.
Yeah, I am goin with Komo on this one. Wood being an organic substance, it will age in a hurry if you put it outside in the rain. Matter of fact...
I now think Bill himself funded this book about his collection, in addition to Minardi, Gavin Ashworth did the photos. Why is this book taking so...
No, they don't, not even close. If those rosette witness marks are original, your chest pulls probably looked similar to these below. Scottish...
Looks period to me, guesses 1770s - 1780s (George III) because of witness marks on drawer fronts are rosette bail pulls.
LOL Yeah! Well, not exactly but this guy collected for over 50 years & CONSTANTLY bought & sold to better & better objects. Everybody who was...
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