$52,275
Shaker One-drawer Table, Enfield, New Hampshire, tiger maple top, bird's-eye maple legs, cherry drawer front with birch sides and maple knob, varnish finish, dovetailed construction, drawer front is beaded along the overhang, written in pencil on the drawer bottom "Infirmary 1917," extremely delicate form with signature ring-turning between the square-to-round transition on the leg, ht. 25 1/2, wd. 22 1/4, dp. 15 1/8 in. Literature: For a similar example in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, see Timothy D. Rieman and Jean M. Burks, The Complete Book of Shaker Furniture (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993), p. 242, plate 190. Note: Furniture from Enfield was moved to Canterbury after the Enfield Community closed.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-06-04