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Related tables are illustrated in William Macpherson Hornor, Jr.,
Hornor's Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture (Washington, DC, 1935), p. 291; also, Beatrice B. Garvan, Federal Philadelphia, 1785-1825: The Athens of the Western World , (Philadelphia, 1987), pl. 2.
For further information on William Rigby, See, W.M. Hornor, Jr., "Some Early Philadelphia Cabinetmakers," The Antiquarian, pp. 42-45, 76.
Hornor's Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture (Washington, DC, 1935), p. 291; also, Beatrice B. Garvan, Federal Philadelphia, 1785-1825: The Athens of the Western World , (Philadelphia, 1987), pl. 2.
For further information on William Rigby, See, W.M. Hornor, Jr., "Some Early Philadelphia Cabinetmakers," The Antiquarian, pp. 42-45, 76.