Important Federal Inlaid and Figured Mahogany and Birchwood Lady's Secretary, George Whitefield Rogers (w.1809-1819), Concord, New Hampshire, Circa 1805
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January 19, 09:11 PM GMT
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8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Important Federal Inlaid and Fig🌄ured Mahogany and Birchwood Lady's Secretary
George Whitefield Rogers (w.1809-1819)
Concord, New Hampshire
Circa 1805
Fragment of George W. Rogers label in drawer printed Geo. W. Ro. Appears to retains its original hardware.
Height 53 1/2 in. 🤪by Width: 🔴41 1/4 in. by Depth 20 in.
American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, The Private Collection of the late Louis Guerineau Myers, April 7-9, 1932, sale 3963, lot 25;
Benjꦍamin Flayderman, King Hooper Mansion, Marblehead, Massachusetts;
Fifty-Seventh Street Auction Galleries, Inc., New York, Rare American Antiques: The Flayderman Collection, January 25-27, 1934;
Robert W Upton, Concord, New Hampshire;
Elizabeth Upton Wright;
Judy Wright;
Butterfield, Butterfiel🧸d & Dunning, San Francisco, California, October 28, 2002, sale 7382G, lot 3055.
Paul Burroughs, "New Hampshire Furniture," American Collector, June 1937 p. 7;
The Decorative Arts of New Hampshire, 1725-1825, (Manchester, NH: Currier Gallery of Art, 1964), no. 59;
Charles S. Parsons, Private Monograph, December 1965;
Ethel Hall Bjerkoe, The Cabinetmakers of America, (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1957), p. 188;
Donna-Belle Garvin, Plain & Elegant, Rich & Fancy: Documented New Hampshire Furniture, 1750-1850, (Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1979), pp. 58-9, no. 19;
Wendy Cooper, In Praise of America: American Decorative Arts, 1650-1830, (New York: Knopf, 1980), p. 8, fig. 8;
Donna-Belle Garvin, "Concord New Hampshire: A Furniture-Making Capital," Historical New Hampshire, vol.45, no. 1, Spring, 1990, p. 63;
Jean M. Burks, “The Evolution of Shaker Design,” Magazine Antiques, vol. 145, no. 5, May 1994,p. 739, fig. 2;
Maine Antiques Digest, January 2003, p. Cover and 34-D.
Manchester, New Hampshire, Currier Gallery of Art, The Decorative Arts of New Hampshire, 1725-1825, 1964.
Little is known of George Rogers’ life during the time he spent in Concord, New Hampshire. He was married and had seven children. He took a shop formerly occupied by Robert Choate near the courthouse and joined the militia. Through his advertisements, as early as 1801 in local Concord newspapers, more information about his business can be discerned. In the Courier Sept. 19, 1805 it states that he was producing furniture and chairs, plain and elegantly ornamented, made of the best materials. The Concord Gazette of June 13, 1808 advertises that he was looking for an assistant. The New Hampshire Patriot for Nov. 4, 1809 indicates his furniture store was moving to his new building north of the “upper bank” where he produced all kinds of furniture including ladies secretaries, sideboards, swelled bureaus, secretaries, bedsteads and bookcases of the latest fashions, warranted goods and of the cheapest rate. The Patriot April 16, 1811 advertised that he provided delivery free of charge within thirty miles for clients purchasing large quantities of furniture. He would also provide repair and varnish work as well. Subsequent ads followed with his services and needs for an apprentice. In 1819 he advertised in the Patriot and Gazette that all of his buildings including his cabinetmakers shop were for sale. It is unknown why he was looking to sell. George Whitefield Rogers born Newburyport, Massachusetts, October 23, 1770 and died August 6, 1847. Concord Town records show he was elected Surveyor of Lumber 1806-1816. By the early 1🌊820’s he had moved to Alfred, Maine. He owned land and building in Alfred up until his death. In 1841, property was deeded to his son, Thomas.
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