Lot 228
  • 228

VERY FINE QUEEN ANNE FIGURED MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF DINING TABLE, Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1760

Estimate
5,000 - 10,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Attributed to John Goddard
  • Mahogany
  • Height 27 5/8 in. by Width 48 in. by Depth (open) 46 1/4 in.

Provenance

Israel Sack, Inc., New York, July 1973

Literature

Michael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport, (Tenafly, NJ: MMI Americana Press, 1984), p. 46, figs. 1.32 and 1.32a

Condition

Secondary woods are maple and chestnut; a 5 1/2 in. by 3/4 in. patch to drop leaf at corner of rule joint; 3 in. by 1/4 in. patch to another corner of rule joint.
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