Red-painted Carved Maple Drop-leaf Table

Description:

Red-painted Carved Maple Drop-leaf Table, Massachusetts, c. 1790-1810, serpentine top with straight skirt on Marlborough legs with inside chamfer, original surface, (imperfections),ht. 26 1/2, wd. 34 1/2, dp. 36 1/2 in.

Provenance: Ex-collection Rhode Island School of Design.

Literature: The Impecunious Collector's Guide to American Antiques, by John T. Kirk, Knopf, 1975, fig. 108.
Estimate $400-600

lacks cross-stretchers; top is cracked, worn, stained, and reattached.


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