Desk and Bookcase
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Possibly Thomas Dawes (1731-1809), by 1809 [1];
Possibly descended through Dawes family to a descendant in Exeter, NH;
Samuel A. Crozer, Philadelphia, PA, by November 10, 1930;
His sale, The Exceedingly Rare Collection of Early American Furniture [The Property of Samuel A. Crozer, Esq.], Samuel T. Freeman and Co. Auctioneers, Philadelphia, November 10-11, 1930, lot 306;
With Israel Sack, Inc., New York, by January 9, 1932;
His sale, Colonial and Early Federal Furniture of Silver and Porcelains of Distinguished Provenance…Acquired from Notable Collections by Israel Sack, Sold by His Order, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, January 9, 1932, lot 71;
With Leon David, New York, 1932 [2];
Purchased from Leon David by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.
NOTES:
[1] [According to Israel Sack. See NAMA Curatorial File.]
[2] [In 1932, Sack incorporated his firm in partnership with Leon David; however, the exact nature of this transaction is unclear.]
“A Block Front Desk by Benjamin Frothingham,” The Connoisseur with which is incorporated International Studio 89, no. 365, (January 1932): 70 (repro.).
“American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, Inc., One Hundred Important American Antiques of Great Historic Interest [Acquired from Various Collections by Israel Sack], January 9, 1932.” The Magazine Antiques 21, no. 1, (January 1932): n.p.
Ethel Hall Bjerkoe, The Cabinet Makers of America (Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday and Company, New York, 1957), 98, (repro.).
Laszlo Katz, The Art of Woodworking and Furniture Appreciation (New York: P.F.C. [i.e. Paul, Fay, Clara] Pub. Co, 1970), 158 (repro.).
Richard H. Randall, Jr. “Benjamin Frothingham,” in Walter Muir Whitehill, ed. Boston Furniture of the Eighteen Century (Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Virginia, 1974), 245.
