A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF TABLE

Details
A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF TABLE
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1770

The molded rectangular top with two hinged molded drop leaves with notched corners above a cyma-shaped skirt on cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet--26in. high, 35½in. wide (open), 36in. long
Provenance
Descended in the family of Captain Samuel Rae, Salem, Massachusetts
Sotheby's, December 8, 1984, lot 327

Lot Essay

This stylish table is the most elaborate of its type with molded leaves finished with notched corners, double-cyma and ovolo skirt, creased knees and well-defined ball-and-claw feet. Tables of similar form are illustrated in Sack, American Furniture from the Israel Sack Collection vo. 5 (1983, p. 2030, P5430; Jobe and Kaye, New England Furniture (Boston, 1984), no. 64.