A CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE

LABELLED BY MICHAEL ALLISON (1773-1855), NEW YORK CITY, DATED 1819

Details

A CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE
Labelled by Michael Allison (1773-1855), New York City, dated 1819
The rectangular top flanked by two hinged rectangular leaves with rounded corners above a conforming apron fitted with a single drawer with cockbeaded surround and similar opposing sham, on four ring-turned and waterleaf-carved legs terminating in detailed brass castors, the interior of the drawer with printed paper label of "M. Allison"
29in. high, 48½in. wide (open), 39in. deep

Provenance

Sold in these Rooms, 26 January 1985, lot 244

Lot Essay

Michael Allison worked exclusively in New York City at various locations along Vesey Street during the first half of the 19th century. He is known as one of the City's most inventive cabinetmakers and is distinguished as the maker of the largest group of surviving labelled furniture from any New York City shop during his time. Two related pembroke tables Sold in these Rooms, the Ronald S. Kane Collection, 22 January 1994, lots 408 and 409.