Provenance:

According to family tradition, this dressing table was purchased by Quakers Lowry Jones (1742-1804) and Daniel Wister (1738-1805) at the time of their wedding in May of 1760. The couple lived at Grumblethorpe, built by Daniel's father, John Wister, in 1744;

thence by descent in the Wister family to the present owner.

Literature:

William Macpherson Hornor, Jr., Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture, William Penn to George Washington (1935), Pl. 28.

Note:

During the Revolutionary War, the Wisters were forced to relocate to relatives' home in Lower Gwynedd.

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