Sold for:
$1,800
$1,800
Federal Red-painted Tavern Table with Drawer, New England, early 19th century, the overhanging top with breadboard ends above a base of four slightly splayed square tapering legs, (imperfections), ht. 29, wd. 43 1/2, dp. 29 3/4 in. Literature: The Impecunious Collector's Guide to American Antiques , by John T. Kirk, Knopf, 1975, fig. 78; Early American Furniture , by John T. Kirk, Knopf, 1974, fig. 230. Note: Kirk admired this table, calling it in The Impecunious Collector (p. 88) an "absolutely top-flight object." It is, he says, "a straightforward useful object of great quality with terrific surface."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-08-11
