NEO-CLASSICAL MAHOGANY LYRE BASE CARD TABLE.

Boston or Salem, circa 1810-1830. Mahogany, white pine and maple secondary wood. A very fine example with openwork lyre, exhibiting superior carving and brass rods. This table has a fold-over top with bowed front and blocked ends, over a conforming figured and matched mahogany veneered apron. The front openwork lyre is balanced in back by a lyre shaped solid wood element at the rear of the table pedestal. The base has four reeded sabre legs, with carved volutes and beads at the tops, and hairy paw brass toe-caps with castors at the feet. REF: for a related example see: Robert D. Mussey Jr; The Furniture Masterworks of John And Thomas Seymour; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, Catalogue 112, pgs 358-359. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. For another related example see: Elizabeth Feld and Stuart P. Feld, Of the Newest Fashion, Masterworks of American Neo-Classical Decorative Arts, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New york, pgs 34-35, The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Boston. SIZE: 28-1/4″ h x 36-1/2″ w x 18″ d. PROVENANCE: From a Sidney, ME Estate. CONDITION: Good intact, with reattachment of one leg at glue joint. 49379-6 (2,500-5,000) – Lot 2452

Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antiques - August 2015

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2452	$0.00	NEO-CLASSICAL MAHOGANY LYRE BASE CARD TABLE. Boston or Salem, circa 1810-1830. Mahogany, white pine and maple secondary wood. A very fine example with openwork lyre, exhibiting superior carving and brass rods. This table has a fold-over top with bowed front and blocked ends, over a conforming figured and matched mahogany veneered apron. The front openwork lyre is balanced in back by a lyre shaped solid wood element at the rear of the table pedestal. The base has four reeded sabre legs, with carved volutes and beads at the tops, and hairy paw brass toe-caps with castors at the feet. REF: for a related example see: Robert D. Mussey Jr; The Furniture Masterworks of John And Thomas Seymour; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, Catalogue 112, pgs 358-359. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. For another related example see: Elizabeth Feld and Stuart P. Feld, Of the Newest Fashion, Masterworks of American Neo-Classical Decorative Arts, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New york, pgs 34-35, The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Boston. SIZE: 28-1/4″ h x 36-1/2″ w x 18″ d. PROVENANCE: From a Sidney, ME Estate. CONDITION: Good intact, with reattachment of one leg at glue joint. 49379-6 (2,500-5,000) – Lot 2452 Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antiques - August 2015 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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NEO-CLASSICAL MAHOGANY LYRE BASE CARD TABLE.