EXCEPTIONAL SHAKER BUTTERNUT LARGE COMMUNAL DINING TABLE, PROBABLY HANCOCK, MASSACHUSETTS, 1800-1850 |

lacking drawers.

The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware (accession no. 65.3045.2);
Leah and John Gordon, American Folk Art Gallery, New York.

Overall fine condition. Wear and discoloration commensurate with age and use. There are few age cracks throughout. Previously set with 5 drawers that are now lacking, the drawer rails are still intact and attached to the underside of the table. IMPORTANT NOTICE: THIS LOT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING OR COLLECTION AT 1334 YORK AVENUE AFTER FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 AT 5PM. THIS LOT WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT CROZIER FINE ART, ONE STAR LEDGER PLAZA, IN NEWARK, NJ BEGINNING FRIDAY, JANUARY 25. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT SOTHEBYS.COM/PICKUP.
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Measuring over 21 feet in length, this dining table is attributed to the Shaker Village in Canterbury, New Hampshire. It is a rare survival of Shaker furniture as most surviving tables of this type were shortened at a later date to make them more usable and versatile. This table, or a nearly identical 21 ½’ example, was deaccessioned by Winterthur Museum, having been sold to Henry Francis du Pont by Edward Ford of Marshfield, Massachusetts, who acquired it from the Shakers at Canterbury in the late 1920s.¹  Another was made at the Canterbury Shaker Village and remains there today. The form is similar to that made by Shakers at the Mount Lebanon Village. ¹ See Timothy Rieman and Jean Burks, The Encyclopedia of Shaker Furniture (Atglen, PA Schiffer Publishing, 2003: p. 414, fig. 634.