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Description:
Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Breakfast Table, attributed to Thomas Seymour, Boston, c. 1815, the top with molded edge and rounded drop leaves above a concave skirt joining vase- and ring-turned reeded tapering legs ending in brass cap casters, ht. 28, wd. 45, dp. 21 in.
Provenance: Northeast Auctions, November 13, 2011.
Note: Clark Pearce notes that the legs may be the work of Thomas Ayling.
Furniture from a Salem, Massachusetts, Collection
Estimate $800-1,200
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