Live Auction 2729Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Paintings and Prints including Masterworks from the Westervelt Company and Selections from Thomas Molesworth's Ranch A Commission
A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF DINING TABLE
Lot 17 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ERIC MARTIN WUNSCH

A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF DINING TABLE

BOSTON OR SALEM, 1760-1780

Closed25 September 2013

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A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY DROP-LEAF DINING TABLE
BOSTON OR SALEM, 1760-1780
bears plaque engraved Elizabeth Wanton 1712
27½ in. high, 15½ in. wide, 42½ in. deep

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Gershenson, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1967
Sold, H.O. McNierney, Stalker & Boos, Inc., Birmingham, Michigan, 23 October 1972, lot 159
Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York
Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1974

Specialist note

Albert Sack describes this table as a Superior example: "It shows exceptional craftsmanship in the modeling of the cabriole legs and the contoured voluted knee returns, as well as the fine carved detail of the claw and ball feet. The top has a balanced and well-designed overhand and the apron is finely scrolled" (The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York, 1993), p. 275. For related examples see Morrison H. Heckscher, American Furniture: The Queen Anne and Chippendale Styles (New York, 1985), pp. 178-179, cat. 109.