A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY AND BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE CARD-TABLE

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A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY AND BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE CARD-TABLE
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1790-1810

The hinged serpentine top with crossbanded, line-inlaid edge over a conforming frieze centered by an oval flame birch reserve flanked by alternating rectangular bird's eye maple and birch reserves above foliate banding, on square double tapering legs with cuff inlay (minor losses to inlay)--29 3/4in. high, 36 1/4in. wide, 17 1/4in. deep
Provenance
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Pavey
Christie's, New York, October 2, 1982, lot 331