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CHIPPENDALE BRASS ANDIRONS

Creator: Daniel King (Attributed)
Offered by: Levy Galleries

Description
Attributed to Daniel King
Philadelphia CIrca 1770

Height: 23 inches

Daniel King, Sr., was the principal brazier working in Philadelphia during the second half of the eighteenth century. He established his South Front Street foundry in 1760 and within a decade had earned a reputation for products that rivaled English or Continental imports. Between 1770 and 1771 he executed for General John Cadwalader what must have been one of his most important domestic commissions. Surviving bills enumerate purchases of door hardware and fireplace equipment. The latter consisted of six pairs of andirons, including a “Pare of the Best Rote (rate) fier Dogs With Corinthen Coloms, ” for which Cadwalader paid King twenty-five pounds, approximately the same amount he paid Charles Willson Peale that same year for two three-quarter-length portraits of his parents.

Regrettably, Cadwalader’s andirons are not known. There is only one signed set of andirons from King’s foundry, to which the Bayou Bend set is most closely related.

A similar pair of andirons attributed to Daniel King with flame terminals, fluted shafts, and ball and claw feet is pictured in American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Volume III, 1414, p. 626. That pair was part of the furnishings of the Vincent Loockerman home in Dover, Delaware and listed in his estate inventory. For an example signed by Daniel King see Donald L. Fennimore, Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection, (Winterthur: DE: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1996), p. 134, no. 54.

$6,500

More Information

Origin:	United States
Period:	18th Century
Creation Date:	1770
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Chippendale
Incollect Reference #:	828084

Dimensions

H.	23 in;
H.	58.42 cm;

Message from Seller:

For over 100 years and spanning four generations, the Levy family has been involved in the field of top-quality Americana, working with some of the most prestigious private and public collections worldwide. We invite you to explore our varied collections of Americana, including American furniture, silver, ceramics, needlework, and paintings, at our New York City loft space in Chelsea. For inquiries, please contact us at 212.628.7088 or email frank@levygalleries.com.