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- Sale 3334
Live
| Philadelphia
Nov 10 | 6:00 AM EST
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 3334
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$8,000 – $12,000
Dated in chalk to underside.
H: 86 3/4 in. W: 45 in. (at feet) D: 21 1/2 in.Note
This desk and bookcase exhibit many of the distinctive patterns of construction and material found in documented Janvier family case pieces. The location and handwriting of the date on the base of this desk is the same as one signed, "John Janvier/May 16 1793" recently purchased by Historic Odessa Foundation. Consultant analysis is available upon request.
Provenance
Probable line of descent:
John Janvier (1770-1846) and Margaret Wiley Janvier (1783-1839) New Castle, Delaware
to Ann Elizabeth Janvier Black (1811-1874) and Charles H. Black (1810-1852), New Castle, Delaware,
to Harriet Laurence Black Gray (1846-1880),
thence sister, Margaret Janvier Black Gray (1839-1922) and Senator George Gray (1840-1925), New Castle, Delaware,
to Emily Schofield Gray Thouron (1875-1957) and Judge Henry Thouron (1877-1926), Ardmore, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware,
to George Gray Thouron (1908-1974) and Margaret Cuculla Thouron (1907-1990), Merion Station, Pennsylvania and Concordville, Delaware,
to the present owner.
