Lot Essay
A rare Queen Anne form, this diminutive table is distinguished by its delicate cabriole legs, thin hocked ankles and flattened pad feet, original brown paint and convex skirt with cyma carving.
For similar tables see, The Decorative Arts of New Hampshire (Manchester, 1964), no. 23 lent by Mr. and Mrs. Bertram K. Little; a table once owned by John Hancock of Boston sold Sotheby's New York, October 26, 1985, lot 38; a table in the collection of the Winterthur Museum illustrated in Downs, American Furniture (New York, 1952), no. 304; See also Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition (New York, 1929), no. 570; and Warren, Bayou Bend (Houston, 1975), p. 29 and Sack, American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection (New York, 1986), vol. 8, p. 2239.
For similar tables see, The Decorative Arts of New Hampshire (Manchester, 1964), no. 23 lent by Mr. and Mrs. Bertram K. Little; a table once owned by John Hancock of Boston sold Sotheby's New York, October 26, 1985, lot 38; a table in the collection of the Winterthur Museum illustrated in Downs, American Furniture (New York, 1952), no. 304; See also Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition (New York, 1929), no. 570; and Warren, Bayou Bend (Houston, 1975), p. 29 and Sack, American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection (New York, 1986), vol. 8, p. 2239.