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359.
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a Young Woman. Unsigned, the woman reportedly
Ruth Roulstone, wife of John Gray and mother of John Greenleaf
Gray, according to labels affixed to the frame and an indistinct pencil
inscription on the stretcher reading “Portrait of Mrs. Ruth Gray---- the
18 day of July 1801 at H----.” Oil on canvas, 28 x 23 3/4 in., in a later
molded giltwood frame. Condition: Relined, retouch.
$1,000-1,500
360.
Federal Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard, probably
Massachusetts, c. 1815-20, the rectangular top with deep concave
center and lunette-inlaid edge above the elliptical front with cockbeaded
drawer, hinged door, and bottle drawers, flanked by half-engaged
reeded columns, drawers, and hinged doors, all on vase- and
ring-turned tapering legs and ball feet, old brass pulls, old refinish,
(imperfections), ht. 42 1/2, wd. 72, dp. 23 in.
$6,000-8,000
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