Lot 730
  • 730

Very Rare Pilgrim Century Turned Cherrywood Square Table, New Haven, Connecticut, Circa 1680

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • cherrywood
  • Height 28 1/2 in. by Width 37 in. by Depth 36 5/8 in.
top replaced.

Literature

Frances Gruber Safford, American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol I, (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007), pp. 293, note 3.

Condition

Wear commensurate with age and use. Top replaced, showing wear commensurate with age and use. Old age cracks to the legs. One leg cracked and reglued and the junction with the apron. One of the returns at the corner of the apron is cracked, but still attached.
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Catalogue Note

This table's turnings relate directly to those on the Robert Treat cupboard in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a square table in the collection of East Hampton Historical Society (see Frances Gruber Safford, American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol I, (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007), pp. 290-3, no. 116 and Dean F. Failey, Long Island is My Nation: The Decorative Arts & Craftsmen, 1640-1830, (Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, 1998), p. 9-11, no. 11A).