Tiger Maple Worktable

Description:

Tiger Maple Worktable, New Bedford, Massachusetts, area, c. 1820 the square top above a drawer flanked by diamond lattice carving, ht. 28 in.

Provenance: Reportedly, Henry Brownell picked this worktable out of a house in Fall River, Massachusetts, and used it as a TV stand in his home. Bill Samaha purchased it at the Henry Brownell Estate & Decorative Arts Antiques Auction, Fontaine's Auction Gallery, Oct. 18, 2008. It was purchased by the present consignor from the above, c. 2009.

Note: The diamond-shaped carved/cut decoration on the legs appears in other furniture documented to New Bedford, including a clock case that is illustrated in Brock Jobe, Harbor & Home, catalog no. 95, pp. 283-85.
Estimate $800-1,200


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