THE LOOCKERMAN FAMILY PAIR OF CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF DINING TABLES, PHILADELPHIA, 1750-1770

THE LOOCKERMAN FAMILY PAIR OF CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF DINING TABLES
PHILADELPHIA, 1750-1770
One, 28 in. high, 59 3/8 in. wide, 20 ½ in. (closed); the other 28 ½ in. high, 59 ¼ in. wide, 20 ¾ in. deep (closed)

Special Notice
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Provenance
Vincent Emerson Loockerman (1722-1785), Dover, Delaware
Elizabeth (Loockerman) Bradford (1781-1851), daughter
Thomas Bradford (d. 1871), son
Gene S. Bradford, Dover, by descent from above
Private collection
Sold, Sotheby’s, Important American Furniture: The Contents of Langdon, 2 February 1985, lot 1145
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, 28, 29, 31 January 1987, lot 1319
Sold, Christie’s, New York, 18 October 1996, lot 144, $310,500

Saleroom Notice
Please note these pieces were sold previously at Christie’s, New York, 18 October 1996, lot 144 for $310,500.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF J.E. SAFRA

Literature
Katherine S. LaPrad, "Thinking Locally, Acquiring Globally: The Loockerman Family of Delaware, 1630- 1790" (Master's thesis, University of Delaware, Spring 2010), pp. 8, 72, 129, fig. 13.