Lot 67
  • 67

A Fine and Rare Pair of Federal Satinwood-Inlaid and Figured Mahogany Demilune Games Tables, Townsend School, Newport, Rhode Island circa 1800

Estimate
7,000 - 14,000 USD
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Description

  • height 28 in.; width 35 1/4 in.; depth 17 1/2 in.

Exhibited

Charlottesville, Virginia, University of Virginia Art Museum, A Jeffersonian Ideal: Selections from the Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon III Collection of American Fine and Decorative Arts, August-November 2005

Literature

A Jeffersonian Ideal: Selections from the Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon III Collection of American Fine and Decorative Arts. Charlottesville, VA: The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, 2005, pp. 96-97

Condition

Secondary wood is pine, tables marked I II, refinished; table II proper right rear leg with a patch to junction of back rail.
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