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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 458464, member: 5066"]Christopher Storb has written an interesting post on a anonymous english joiner who operated in Philadelphia in the 1st quarter of the 18th century.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]158303[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Pook & Pook Inc. <a href="https://www.pookandpook.com/lot/pennsylvania-william-and-mary-pine-blanket-chest-3924771" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pookandpook.com/lot/pennsylvania-william-and-mary-pine-blanket-chest-3924771" rel="nofollow">Americana and International Sale Day Two</a>, January 12, 2019, lot 364.</p><p><br /></p><p>On January 12, 2019, Pook & Pook Inc. will be <a href="https://www.pookandpook.com/lot/pennsylvania-william-and-mary-pine-blanket-chest-3924771" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pookandpook.com/lot/pennsylvania-william-and-mary-pine-blanket-chest-3924771" rel="nofollow">auctioning a hard pine chest</a>, 1720-1730, that can be attributed to the Bartram family joiner. In previous blog posts I highlighted furniture attributed to this shop including an <a href="http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mygermanfamilies/family/Photos/bartmaris.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mygermanfamilies/family/Photos/bartmaris.jpg" rel="nofollow">oval table </a>and a <a href="https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/187222.html?mulR=1384287564|1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/187222.html?mulR=1384287564|1" rel="nofollow">dressing table </a>made for James and Elizabeth Maris Bartram who were married in 1725.</p><p><br /></p><p>The large turned feet from this shop are distinctive.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]158304[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/187222.html?mulR=2119025761|9#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/187222.html?mulR=2119025761|9#" rel="nofollow">Dressing table, Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>, 1940-16-28.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]158305[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="http://auctions.freemansauction.com/auction-lot-detail/William-and-Mary-walnut-chest-of-drawers%2C-Philadelphia%2C-firs/1591+++++129+/++989300" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://auctions.freemansauction.com/auction-lot-detail/William-and-Mary-walnut-chest-of-drawers%2C-Philadelphia%2C-firs/1591+++++129+/++989300" rel="nofollow">Chest of drawers</a>, attributed to the <a href="https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/bartram-family-joiner-chest-of-drawers/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/bartram-family-joiner-chest-of-drawers/" rel="nofollow">Bartram Family joiner</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the largest spherical shape of the turning, a deeply scored line is flanked by two thin scribed lines. Pronounced scoring lines are also added to small elements that other turners left unadorned, such as the top element of the feet shown above. The turned feet on the chest at Pook & Pook Inc. share both the design vocabulary and turning details found on the other objects attributed to this shop.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]158306[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="http://auctions.freemansauction.com/auction-lot-detail/William-and-Mary-walnut-chest-of-drawers%2C-Philadelphia%2C-firs/1591+++++129+/++989300" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://auctions.freemansauction.com/auction-lot-detail/William-and-Mary-walnut-chest-of-drawers%2C-Philadelphia%2C-firs/1591+++++129+/++989300" rel="nofollow">Chest of drawers</a>, attributed to the Bartram Family joiner.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]158307[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/to-a-spice-box/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/to-a-spice-box/" rel="nofollow">Spice box</a>, attributed to the Bartram Family joiner.</p><p><br /></p><p>The base moulding on the Pook & Pook chest is identical to that on the <a href="https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/bartram-family-joiner-chest-of-drawers/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/bartram-family-joiner-chest-of-drawers/" rel="nofollow">chest of drawers</a> and <a href="https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/to-a-spice-box/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/to-a-spice-box/" rel="nofollow">spice box</a> discussed in previous posts. The cornice of the spice box is the same profile inverted.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]158308[/ATTACH] </p><p>Chest of drawers, <a href="https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/bartram-family-joiner-chest-of-drawers/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/bartram-family-joiner-chest-of-drawers/" rel="nofollow">attributed to the Bartram Family joiner</a> with wedged dovetails.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dovetails at the corners of the Pook & Pook Inc. chest appear to be similarly angled and spaced to the dovetails of drawers seen in other objects attributed to the Bartram family joiner. The chest will need to be examined to determine if the dovetails are wedged, as the dovetails in other forms attributed to this shop are[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 458464, member: 5066"]Christopher Storb has written an interesting post on a anonymous english joiner who operated in Philadelphia in the 1st quarter of the 18th century. [ATTACH=full]158303[/ATTACH] Pook & Pook Inc. [URL='https://www.pookandpook.com/lot/pennsylvania-william-and-mary-pine-blanket-chest-3924771']Americana and International Sale Day Two[/URL], January 12, 2019, lot 364. On January 12, 2019, Pook & Pook Inc. will be [URL='https://www.pookandpook.com/lot/pennsylvania-william-and-mary-pine-blanket-chest-3924771']auctioning a hard pine chest[/URL], 1720-1730, that can be attributed to the Bartram family joiner. In previous blog posts I highlighted furniture attributed to this shop including an [URL='http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mygermanfamilies/family/Photos/bartmaris.jpg']oval table [/URL]and a [URL='https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/187222.html?mulR=1384287564|1']dressing table [/URL]made for James and Elizabeth Maris Bartram who were married in 1725. The large turned feet from this shop are distinctive. [ATTACH=full]158304[/ATTACH] [URL='https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/187222.html?mulR=2119025761|9#']Dressing table, Philadelphia Museum of Art[/URL], 1940-16-28. [ATTACH=full]158305[/ATTACH] [URL='http://auctions.freemansauction.com/auction-lot-detail/William-and-Mary-walnut-chest-of-drawers%2C-Philadelphia%2C-firs/1591+++++129+/++989300']Chest of drawers[/URL], attributed to the [URL='https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/bartram-family-joiner-chest-of-drawers/']Bartram Family joiner[/URL]. On the largest spherical shape of the turning, a deeply scored line is flanked by two thin scribed lines. Pronounced scoring lines are also added to small elements that other turners left unadorned, such as the top element of the feet shown above. The turned feet on the chest at Pook & Pook Inc. share both the design vocabulary and turning details found on the other objects attributed to this shop. [ATTACH=full]158306[/ATTACH] [URL='http://auctions.freemansauction.com/auction-lot-detail/William-and-Mary-walnut-chest-of-drawers%2C-Philadelphia%2C-firs/1591+++++129+/++989300']Chest of drawers[/URL], attributed to the Bartram Family joiner. [ATTACH=full]158307[/ATTACH] [URL='https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/to-a-spice-box/']Spice box[/URL], attributed to the Bartram Family joiner. The base moulding on the Pook & Pook chest is identical to that on the [URL='https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/bartram-family-joiner-chest-of-drawers/']chest of drawers[/URL] and [URL='https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/to-a-spice-box/']spice box[/URL] discussed in previous posts. The cornice of the spice box is the same profile inverted. [ATTACH=full]158308[/ATTACH] Chest of drawers, [URL='https://cstorb.wordpress.com/2017/11/12/bartram-family-joiner-chest-of-drawers/']attributed to the Bartram Family joiner[/URL] with wedged dovetails. The dovetails at the corners of the Pook & Pook Inc. chest appear to be similarly angled and spaced to the dovetails of drawers seen in other objects attributed to the Bartram family joiner. The chest will need to be examined to determine if the dovetails are wedged, as the dovetails in other forms attributed to this shop are[/QUOTE]
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