Federal Red-painted Tavern Table with Drawer

Description:

Federal Red-painted Tavern Table with Drawer, New England, early 19th century, the overhanging top with breadboard ends above a base of four slightly splayed square tapering legs, (imperfections),ht. 29, wd. 43 1/2, dp. 29 3/4 in.

Literature: The Impecunious Collector's Guide to American Antiques, by John T. Kirk, Knopf, 1975, fig. 78; Early American Furniture, by John T. Kirk, Knopf, 1974, fig. 230.

Note: Kirk admired this table, calling it in The Impecunious Collector (p. 88) an "absolutely top-flight object." It is, he says, "a straightforward useful object of great quality with terrific surface."
Estimate $700-900

top warped with cracks and stains, drawer sticks, minor paint wear to base.


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