$5,355
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: November 10, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
Baluster support, cabriole legs on pad feet, with label to underside, "Made and Sold by THOMAS BURLING, in Chappel-Street NEW YORK."
H: 28 1/4 in. Dia: 24 in.Provenance
According to oral history, Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), descended in the family to Joseph Hopkinson (1775-1842), to Francis Hopkinson (1796-1870), to Elizabeth Biddle Baird, to Francis Baird.
Christie's, New York, Sale 5952, January 2001, lot 41
Private collection.
Note
Francis Hopkinson was an early politician and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Philadelphia, but later moved to Bordentown, New Jersey.