A FEDERAL MAHOGANY AND BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE CARD-TABLE

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A FEDERAL MAHOGANY AND BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE CARD-TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB SANDERSON (ACTIVE 1790-1810), SALEM,
MASSACHUSETTS, 1790-1810

The hinged top with bowed front, serpentine sides and crossbanded and line-inlaid edge over a conforming frieze centered by an oval birch reserve, on square double-tapering legs decorated with maple panels and cuff inlay--29in. high, 36 1/4in. wide, 17 3/4in. deep

Lot Essay

This table is closely related to two tables at the Winterthur Museum attributed to Jacob Sanderson (see Charles F. Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period, (New York, 1966), pp. 329-330, nos. 300-301).