$550
Estimate: $150 - $250
American Furniture, Decorative & Folk Art
Auction: April 19, 2016 11:00:00 AM EDT
Rectangular top with backsplash and galleries, medial shelf with drawer, turned legs.
H: 36 in. W: 16 3/4 in. D: 16 1/2 in.Provenance: Property Deaccessioned by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.
Acquired by Nancy Wade Marsh Halsted (Mrs. Nathaniel Norris Halsted), Vice Regent for New Jersey (1868-1891), and presented to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association in 1885.
Nancy Wade Marsh Halsted (1816-1891)
Nancy Wade Marsh Halsted of Newark, New Jersey served as Vice Regent for New Jersey from 1868 to 1891 and was the wife of merchant Nathaniel Norris Halsted, who served as a Union General during the Civil War. Husband and wife were both philanthropists, and Mrs. Halsted was a founder of Knox Presbyterian Church in Newark and Mr. Halsted donated funds for Princeton's astronomical observatory, which bears his name.