Property from a Private Collection, Pennsylvania
FINE AND RARE QUEEN ANNE CARVED AND FIGURED MAHOGANY TURRET-TOP GAMES TABLE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1750
Auction Closed
January 26, 08:38 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
FINE AND RARE QUEEN ANNE CARVED AND FIGURED MAHOGANY TURRET-TOP GAMES TABLE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1750
the top with a fitted playing surface, oval pockets and circular reserves; retains a rich dark dry surface.
Height 29 in. by Width 32 in. by Depth 33 in.
The Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village;
Replica Shoes 's New York, Important Americana Furniture, Folk and Decorations, October 15, 1999, sale 7350, lot 18.
A closely related example can be found in the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection at Yale University with the same overall design (David Barquist, American Tables and Looking Glasses, (New Haven, CT: Yale university Art Gallery, 1992), p. 171, no. 76). Another related example is illustrated in William M. Hornor, Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture, (Washington, DC: Hennage 1977), pl. 33.