Sack Masterpiece Hall Family Chippendale Mahogany Blockfront Chest on Chest

Attributed to Benjamin Frothingham, Charlestown, Massachusetts, circa 1770; richly figured dense mahogany with fine mellow surface, bold original brasses, 89-1/2 x 42-1/2 x 24-1/2 in.

Provenance: Descended in the family of Benjamin Hall, who married Hepsibah Jones in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1752; Israel Sack Inc., New York, NY; the collection of Rear Admiral Edward P. Moor and Barbara Bingham Moore; sold Sotheby's, New York, NY, "Property of Rear Admiral Edward P. Moore and Barbara Bingham Moore," September 26, 2008, lot 40, for $230,500; Private Connecticut Collection

Literature: Published as a "masterpiece" example in Albert Sack, The New Fine Points of Furniture (1993), p. 117 and as a "Massachusetts Masterpiece attributed to Benjamin Frothingham" in Israel Sack, American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. VIII, P.5661, pp. 2178-79.

Israel Sack notes the attribution to Frothingham is based on the similarities between this chest on chest and a labeled chest on chest published on the frontispiece of The Magazine Antiques (February 1952), as well as on a labeled chest of drawers on page 395 of the same issue.