Description:
Mahogany Games Table, New York, c. 1760-80, with shaped folding top on a gadroon-carved skirt and five cabriole legs ending in claw-and-ball feet, (minor restoration),ht. 27 3/4, wd. 33 1/2, dp. 16 1/4 in.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
patch to top at left hinge, crack. Return on right rear leg is cracked, support leg has a tight with-the-grain crack extending down into the leg visible on only one side.
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Stephen L. Fletcher
Partner/Executive Vice President and Chief Auctioneer
Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3000
Christopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3200
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Business Administrator, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3224