Lot 45
  • 45

A Fine Federal serpentine-top satinwood inlaid and figured mahogany work table, Boston region, Massachusetts circa 1800

Estimate
10,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • height 29 3/4 in., width 17 1/4 in.; depth 14 3/4 in.
  • 75.6 cm; 43.8 cm; 37.5 cm

Provenance

Mrs. Charles Hallam Keep

Exhibited

Loan Exhibition of Eighteenth and Early Nineteeth Century Furniture & Glass ... for the Benefit of The National Council of Girl Scouts, Inc., September 25th to October 9th, 1929, no. 684.

Literature

Loan Exhibition of Eighteenth and Early Nineteeth Century Furniture & Glass ... for the Benefit of The National Council of Girl Scouts, Inc., (New York: American Art Galleries, 1929), no. 684

Condition

White pine secondary wood, ivory knob is a replacement, cracks to top, on crack goes from front to back and measures 13.5 inches in length, another 13 inches in length, silk bag tattered
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Catalogue Note

This table loaned by Mrs. Charles Hallam Keep to the Girl Scout Loan Exhibition held at American Art Galleries in 1929 and illustrated in the accompanying catalogue as no. 684.