The Important New Hampshire Collection of Lawrence and Dorothy Perkins
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HEPPLEWHITE SWELL-FRONT BUREAU ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH CLARK Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Circa 1790 In mahogany, with alternating wood banded inlay to edge of top and front of skirt. Four full-width drawers with cockbead molding, and mahogany and cherry veneer drawer fronts. Rectangular drop panel pendant at skirt, a detail used commonly by Portsmouth workshops. French splayed bracket feet. Retains original hardware. Height 37.5”. Width 40”. Depth 21.75”. 5,000/7,000
Similar examples are illustrated in Portsmouth Furniture Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast edited by Brock Jobe (Hanover, N.H.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities/University Press of New England, 1993), p. 114-119. This piece was discovered in a home in Greenfield, New Hampshire, where Clark worked for a few years. The Greek Key inlay on the top edge of this bureau is similar to that seen on the card table, Lot 133, that was found in a home belonging to the Avery family, who were descendants of Clark through his eldest daughter Mary, who married Samuel Avery. The card table was marked “SA” on the underside, believed to be for Samuel Avery. A Joseph Clark chest of drawers, illustrated in Jobe, p. 119, descended in the Avery family and bears an inscription indicating it was made by Joseph Clark and was part of Mary Clark Avery’s trousseau.
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