A CLASSICAL MAHOGANY WORKTABLE

Details
A CLASSICAL MAHOGANY WORKTABLE
NEW YORK, 1815-1820

The rectangular molded top above a conforming case with three drawers, the top drawers opening to reveal a lined writing surface and fitted compartments, over a rounded urn pedestal, on four reeded sabre legs with reeded castors--30 1/2in. high, 20 1/2in. wide, 15 3/8in. deep
Provenance
Berry B. Tracy

Lot Essay

The distinctive rounded urn pedestal of this table relates to a card-table labeled by Duncan Phyfe, now in a private collection (see the Decorative Arts Photographic Collection, Winterthur Museum) and to the pedestal of a breakfast table illustrated in Sack, The Fine Points of Furniture, Early American, (New York, 1993).