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拍品专文
The shape of the top of this table - square with serpentine front and side and ovolo corners over colonnettes - was a popular one in Massachusetts, particularly along its North Shore. Characteristic of that region as well is the lunette inlay along the edge of the hinged top and lower edge of the apron. The construction of the frame, with a single flyrail hinged to the rear rail that is joined to the stationary rail with spacers, a plane flyleg and vertical glueblocks in the interior corners of the frame are typical of North Shore, Massachusetts construction as well.
The reeded legs that terminate in elongated tapering feet are frequently seen on tables attributed to Nehemiah Adams of Salem, Massachusetts. A broader survey of surviving Salem furniture reveals similarly executed legs and feet on case pieces and tables labeled or attributed to other Salem cabinetmakers, such as William Hook, Cotton Bennett and Thomas Needham. Scholarship on the cabinetmaking practices and the piecework system of Salem suggests that this type of foot may have been made by Joseph True, a carver, turner and cabinetmaker who supplied nearly all of the major cabinetmakers of Salem and nearby Beverly. (See Margaret Burke Clunie, "Joseph True and the piecework system in Salem," The Magazine Antiques (May 1977), pp. 1006-1013.)
The reeded legs that terminate in elongated tapering feet are frequently seen on tables attributed to Nehemiah Adams of Salem, Massachusetts. A broader survey of surviving Salem furniture reveals similarly executed legs and feet on case pieces and tables labeled or attributed to other Salem cabinetmakers, such as William Hook, Cotton Bennett and Thomas Needham. Scholarship on the cabinetmaking practices and the piecework system of Salem suggests that this type of foot may have been made by Joseph True, a carver, turner and cabinetmaker who supplied nearly all of the major cabinetmakers of Salem and nearby Beverly. (See Margaret Burke Clunie, "Joseph True and the piecework system in Salem," The Magazine Antiques (May 1977), pp. 1006-1013.)