Description:

Late Federal inlaid mahogany center table circa 1830, circular flame-veneered segmented top with rosewood banding, on tripartite pyramidal-shaped pedestal and incurvate base, with scrolling decorations and acanthus-carved feet.
H28" Dia.49 1/2"

Provenance: Maryland private collection

Literature: Note PHILADELPHIA EMPIRE FURNISHINGS by Jonathan Allison, Peter Christopher and John William Boor, pp.118-144, for similarities in form, construction and carving.

Other Notes: Conservation report available upon request.

Primary woods are mahogany with flitch match veneers, rosewood, elm burl; secondary wood is Eastern white pine.

Rayed tops utilizing flitch-cut matching figured crotch veneers were very popular in Philadelphia, and to a lesser extent Baltimore, Maryland, during this period. The use of the tripartite plinth and pyramidal center support was also a popular treatment in Philadelphia.

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