Sale 1787
New York
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18 - 19 January 2007
Price realised
USD 18,000
Estimate
A ROCOCO REVIVAL CARVED WALNUT MARBLE-TOP CENTER TABLE Attributed to J. and J.W. Meeks (w. 1836-1855), New York, 1850-1855 Appears to retain its original porcelain casters 31¼ in. high, 45 in. wide, 28 in. deep
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A marble-top center table with virtually identical carving is illustrated in Marvin D. Schwartz, Edward J. Stanek and Douglas K. True, The Furniture of John Henry Belter and the Rococo Revival (New York, 1981), p. 72, no. 50.
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Please note this was miscatalogued and should read "Hawkins pattern"
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