A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY GAMES TABLES

CIRCA 1780

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY GAMES TABLES
CIRCA 1780
Each canted rectangular crossbanded top enclosing a baize-lined interior above tablet-centered frieze raised on six square tapered line-decorated legs
29 in. (74 cm.) high, 35¾ in. (91 cm.) wide, 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

The Collection of P. A. B. Widener III; Sotheby's, New York, 22 January 1994, lot 210.

Lot Essay

P. A. B. Widener III heralds from the Philadelphia Widener family of philanthropists and collectors. His namesake, P. A. B. Widener (d. 1915), amassed his great wealth through a number of business enterprises, including those involving the development of mass transit systems.

See lot 226 for a note on his predessor, George D. Widener, Jr., who owned a number of lots in this collection.

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