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Tuesday, 19 July 2016 12:13

The Newport Antiques Show Spotlights Collecting Trends Across the Centuries

An early Chippendale bonnet top highboy of striking Cuban mahogany with claw and ball feet and Newport shell, original finial, c. 1765. Provenance with Olney family of Providence/Newport. Attribution: John Goddard, based upon the John Brown chair sold at Christie's, January 2002, lot 351, related claw and ball feet modeling. Courtesy of The Stanley Weiss Collection. An early Chippendale bonnet top highboy of striking Cuban mahogany with claw and ball feet and Newport shell, original finial, c. 1765. Provenance with Olney family of Providence/Newport. Attribution: John Goddard, based upon the John Brown chair sold at Christie's, January 2002, lot 351, related claw and ball feet modeling. Courtesy of The Stanley Weiss Collection.

Over the past decade, the Newport Antiques Show has emerged as a mainstay of the summer antiques show schedule. Held at the St. George’s School in Middletown, Rhode Island—a seaside town just north of Newport—the show attracts a top-notch crowd of collectors, curators, and enthusiasts thanks to its abundance of superlative material and sophisticated atmosphere. Another aspect that sets the Newport Antiques Show apart is its indefatigable dedication to education.

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