American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts

Provenance:

From a Philadelphia collection.

Note:

Liberty Browne, with both a patriotic first name and birthday of July 4, 1776, first partnered with John Houlton in Baltimore, and later worked independently in Philadelphia, circa 1800, and eventually partnering with William Seal for a short time (1810-1811, but possibly until 1813). He also produced gold hilts for swords for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania during the War of 1812. Works by him are scarce.