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A PAIR OF MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION CARD TABLES
Lot 437PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA COLLECTION (LOT 437)

A PAIR OF MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION CARD TABLES

ONE PROBABLY CIRCA 1760, THE OTHER LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Fermé15 April 2011

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A PAIR OF MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION CARD TABLES
ONE PROBABLY CIRCA 1760, THE OTHER LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Each with serpentine fold-over top opening to a blue silk lined playing surface, over elaborated carved rocaille frieze, on cabriole legs with cabochon- and acanthus-carved feet, one with hinge stamped H. TIBAT, the other with hinge stamped S. JOHNSON, formerly with casters
28¼ in. (71.5 cm.) high, 35¾ in. (91 cm.) wide, 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep (2)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21 October 2000, lot 114.

Note du spécialiste

An almost identical example from the Henry Hirsch collection was most recently sold from The Collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III, Christie's, New York, 26 January 2010, lot 407 (illustrated in P. MacQuoid and R. Edwards, eds., The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1927, vol. III, p. 193, fig. 27. A single table with an identical base and a top with a carved edge was sold from the H.J. Joel Collection, Christie's, London 17 April 1980, lot 77.