Lot Essay
According to Makinson, the Bush-Bolton furniture designs illustrate the first use of square ebony pegs.
Details
AN INLAID MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF LIBRARY TABLE
DESIGNED BY GREENE & GREENE AND EXECUTED IN THE WORKSHOPS OF PETER HALL FOR THE BELLE BARLOW BUSH - WILLIAM T. BOLTON HOUSE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, 1907
The rectangular top with a drawer at either end, the leaves each with gently rounded corners, the corners with abstract japonesque inlay, over gate legs, with characteristic square ebony pegs, signed His True Mark Greene & Greene--29 7/8in. (75.9cm.) high, 63½in. (161.4cm.) long with leaves extended, 47¾in. (121.4cm.) deep, table top refinished
DESIGNED BY GREENE & GREENE AND EXECUTED IN THE WORKSHOPS OF PETER HALL FOR THE BELLE BARLOW BUSH - WILLIAM T. BOLTON HOUSE, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, 1907
The rectangular top with a drawer at either end, the leaves each with gently rounded corners, the corners with abstract japonesque inlay, over gate legs, with characteristic square ebony pegs, signed His True Mark Greene & Greene--29 7/8in. (75.9cm.) high, 63½in. (161.4cm.) long with leaves extended, 47¾in. (121.4cm.) deep, table top refinished
Literature
Randall L. Makinson, Greene & Greene Furniture & Related Designs, Peregrine Smith Inc., Santa Barbara, 1979, p. 50 for an illustration of this table