Lot 226
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A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE
Property from the Estate of A. Leon Fergenson and Constance Friend Fergenson
A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS, 1790-1810

Details
A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE
Eastern Massachusetts, 1790-1810
A label on the interior of the drawer reads This table was bought from a family named Dodge in Damariscotta Center, Maine in about 1905 by J.E. Hathaway
30 in. high, 42 in. wide, 20½ in. deep
Provenance
The Dodge family, Damariscotta Center, Maine
J.E. Hathaway, by purchase
Israel Sack Inc., New York
Literature
American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection (New York), vol. II, p. 499, no. 1210.

Lot Essay

Design elements characteristic of a Massachusetts origin include the diamond-shaped inlay that adorns the edges of both leaves and the bottom of the apron, as well as the double-taper legs. (For more information on regional differences in Federal hinged-top tables, see Benjamin A. Hewitt, Patricia E. Kane and Gerald W.R. Ward, The Work of Many Hands: Card Tables in Federal American 1790-1820 (New Haven, 1982), pp. 178-195.) According to tradition, this table was purchased from the Dodge family of Damariscotta, Maine. The Dodge family was prominent along Massachusetts' North Shore and it is possible that they were the original owners of this table.

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