A very fine and rare Chippendale carved and figured mahogany bonnet-top high chest of drawers, est. $200/400,000. © Sotheby's Images

NEW YORK.- During Americana Week 2008, Sotheby’s New York will offer Property from the Estate of J. Welles Henderson, a distinguished admiralty attorney, a passionate and informed collector, a sophisticated speaker and writer and a man of deep faith, on January 19th. The Estate has a number of notable items most purchased from the Israel Sack, Inc. firm of New York. A highlight of the collection is a very fine and rare Chippendale carved and figured mahogany bonnet-top high chest of drawers, Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1770 (est. $200/400,000). The carving on the knees relates it to a small select group of exemplary case pieces made in Salem. The Estate also includes a very fine and rare Federal inlaid and figured mahogany work table labeled by Oliver Parsell of New Brunswick, New Jersey, circa 1805 (est. $10/15,000) that is a very rare document of New Jersey early 19th century furniture and a Salem Massachusetts, very fine and rare Federal Inlaid and Figured Mahogany Breakfront, circa 1805 (est. $50/100,000), as well as a fine and rare Chippendale carved birchwood and maple blocked-end reverse serpentine desk-and-bookcase, probably from New Hampshire, circa 1790 (est. $40/60,000). The Dartmouth College museum has a desk-and-bookcase from the cabinetmaking shop. The eleven lots will be on view beginning Saturday, January 12th .

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