Georgian Oval Mahogany Drop-leaf Table

Description:

Georgian Oval Mahogany Drop-leaf Table, England, 18th century, oak secondary wood, top with rounded edge, scalloped apron, round legs ending in pad feet, ht. 27 1/2, wd. 29, dp. 12 1/2, open top 29 x 32 in.

Literature: This lot, and others from the same collection, are illustrated and contextualized in Imagining Ichabod: My Journey Into 18th-Century America Through History, Food, and a Georgian House, by Paula Bennett, Bauer and Dean: New York, 2016. Imagining Ichabod is described as a "warm, personal account of life in an eighteenth-century house and the search for its first inhabitants... [which offers] a fascinating glimpse into [the United States'] colonial period and its years as a fledgling republic."
Estimate $300-500

Repair to one leg at foot, minor worming to secondary wood.


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