RARE AND IMPORTANT DIMINUTIVE FEDERAL SERVER ATTRIBUTED

RARE AND IMPORTANT DIMINUTIVE FEDERAL SERVER ATTRIBUTED TO JUDKINS AND SENTER Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Circa 1810
In mahogany with exceptional flame satinwood veneer drawer fronts. Slightly bowed top with thin banded inlay along edge. Conforming case with a full-width drawer over a stack of two drawers flanked by bottle drawers. Delicate double-tapered legs with string, and bellflower and dot inlay. Retains original hardware. Height 39.25". Width 42.75". Depth 21.75".
Provenance:
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Auction 2337, November 4, 2006, Lot #522.
A similar example is illustrated in Portsmouth Furniture Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast edited by Brock Jobe (Hanover, N.H.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities/University Press of New England, 1993), p. 143. While now more commonly referred to as servers, this style piece probably served as a dressing table in the 19th Century, a place to store personal items like combs and handkerchiefs. According to the book, cabinetmakers Jonathan Judkins and William Senter, who established operation in 1808 in Portsmouth, were notable competitors of the leading craftsman Langley Boardman, who trained in Salem, Massachusetts before moving to Portsmouth in 1798.
An Important New Hampshire Collection Carefully and Thoughtfully Assembled Over Two Decades by New Hampshire Residents Lawrence and Dorothy Perkins.
Condition Report: Provenance:
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Auction 2337, November 4, 2006, Lot #522.
A similar example is illustrated in Portsmouth Furniture Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast edited by Brock Jobe (Hanover, N.H.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities/University Press of New England, 1993), p. 143. While now more commonly referred to as servers, this style piece probably served as a dressing table in the 19th Century, a place to store personal items like combs and handkerchiefs. According to the book, cabinetmakers Jonathan Judkins and William Senter, who established operation in 1808 in Portsmouth, were notable competitors of the leading craftsman Langley Boardman, who trained in Salem, Massachusetts before moving to Portsmouth in 1798.
An Important New Hampshire Collection Carefully and Thoughtfully Assembled Over Two Decades by New Hampshire Residents Lawrence and Dorothy Perkins.; Refinished. Slight repair to inlay on right front foot. Faint age split in top. No other damages noted.

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