Rectangular Maple and Oak Joined Table

Description:

Rectangular Maple and Oak Joined Table, probably Boston or vicinity, 1680-1710, the overhanging top on a frame of four turned legs joined by cutout valances and heavy square stretchers, old mellow surface, (imperfections),ht. 26, frame wd. 32, frame dp. 22 in.

Provenance: Estate of Charles P. Fisher.

Literature: For an illustration and discussion of a table of comparable form with similar turnings, see Safford, Frances Gruber, American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: I. Early Colonial Period: The Seventeenth-Century and William and Mary Styles (Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007),pp. 122-124, fig. 46.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

The top is a replacement. There is evidence that one side of the table has been altered. the table is slightly There is evidence of minor height loss, and one foot is particularly worn due to old insect activity. There is evidence of very minor insect activity throughout the legs.


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