CIRCA 1740

Details

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF DINING-TABLE*
Circa 1740
The oval top and flaps opening on gate leg action above a plain box apron, on club legs with voluted angles and pad feet, with the white chalk inscription A L251, two brackets replaced
28in. (71cm.) high, 72in. (183cm.) wide open, 65in. (165cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Stair and Company, Inc., New York.

Special notice

Tax exempt.

Lot Essay

This finely executed bureau-cabinet of diminutive size is virtually identical in form to a larger example from the estate of Peggy Lehman Korn, sold in these Rooms, 21 October 1999, lot 282 ($68,500). Another example with engaged but fluted columns with Corinthian capitals and with bowed base from the Estate of Marjorie Wiggin Prescott was sold in these Rooms, 31 January 1981, lot 359.

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