Lot Essay
A related table with leaf-carved columns is illustrated in, Nancy McClelland, Duncan Phyfe and the English Regency, (New York, 1939), pl. 127.
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A CLASSICAL CARVED AND INLAID MAHOGANY BREAKFAST TABLE
NEW YORK, 1805-1815
The rectangular top with conforming hinged leaves with rounded corners above a case with one real drawer and one sham end drawer, turned drops below the inlaid stiles, over four turned and spiral-carved columns above a fluted base, on downswept legs with waterleaf carving and brass castors--29in. high, 49 1/2in. wide (open), 41 3/4in. deep
NEW YORK, 1805-1815
The rectangular top with conforming hinged leaves with rounded corners above a case with one real drawer and one sham end drawer, turned drops below the inlaid stiles, over four turned and spiral-carved columns above a fluted base, on downswept legs with waterleaf carving and brass castors--29in. high, 49 1/2in. wide (open), 41 3/4in. deep