In such a display it is impossible to fix
with certainty upon the star exhibit, but
doubtless this will be to most people the
pair of American Hepplewhite china cabinets
which cannot elsewhere be
matched. They came from the Barton
Willing sale in Philadelphia. They are '
of mahogany with inlays of satinwood |
strips and were made in 1790. Duncan i
Phyfe. in whose work there is now such
interest, is represented by a feroup that
ineludes a muhogany card table, a mirror.
a side chair and a corner washstand.
j .nr. payers nas ooen unusually success-j
! ful in finding rare mirrors, most of j
which are framed in walnut and gold,
the gold being generally the original
gold. There is one of them that is considered
to be the product of Chippendale's
own shop, although it was found ;
on Long Island. An exceptionally elab- j
orate American Empire sofa is supposed 1
to be the work of Phyfe. Among the I
tall "blocks there is one made in Holland |1
in the Chippendale style that is espe-1 1
clally handsome. Of the mantel clocks I '
- one interesting example is by Joshua ,
| White of Hlngham, Mass.
A pair of Chippendale chairs are said :.
