The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts

The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 1137. Very Fine and Rare Diminutive Chippendale Figured Mahogany Drop-Leaf Table, possibly by John Townsend (1733-1809), Newport, Rhode Island, Circa 1770.

Very Fine and Rare Diminutive Chippendale Figured Mahogany Drop-Leaf Table, possibly by John Townsend (1733-1809), Newport, Rhode Island, Circa 1770

Auction Closed

January 19, 09:11 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Very Fine and Rare Diminutive Chippendale Figured Mahogany Drop-Leaf Table

possibly by John Townsend (1733-1809)

Newport, Rhode Island

Circa 1770


Height 26 1/2 in. by Width (closed) 12 1/2 in. Depth 36 5/8 in.; Width (open) 36 5/8 in.

CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 16, 2004, lot 108.
Jackie Sideli, “Two Popes and a Newport Drop-Leaf Table,” Maine Antiques Digest, October 2004, p. 38-B.