$1,920
Chippendale Carved Mahogany Tilt-top Tea Table, Chowan County, North Carolina, c. 1750-80, the circular top on a dovetailed box support and tripod base of cabriole legs ornamented with carved C-scrolls all ending in pad feet, top with old refinish, (minor repair), ht. 28, dia. 26 1/2 in. Literature: A similar table is shown in The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina, 1700-1820 , by John Bivins, Jr., (MESDA, 1988), on p. 152, as pl. 5.69. In Ronald Hurst and Jonathan Prown, Southern Furniture 1680-1830: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection , the authors point to the unusual open box support (instead of a pillared birdcage) that is rarely employed in America except in the coastal area of North Carolina where the present example was made. Further discussion of these distinctive tea tables is in Edenton Furniture and Culture: Colonial and Federal Periods , by Thomas J. Newbern and James R Melchor, (Cupola House Association), 2008, pp. 33-43. A copy of this last volume is included in the lot. there are repairs to the box and where one leg meets the post.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-28
