A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY AND BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE TILT-TOP CANDLESTAND

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A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY AND BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE TILT-TOP CANDLESTAND
PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1790-1810

The octagonal top with beaded edge, cross-banding and string-inlay framing a bird's-eye maple panel centered by an oval mahogany reserve and tilting above a slender ring and vase-turned pedestal swith tripartite base, on cabriole legs with spade feet--28in. high, 19 3/8in. wide, 13 7/8in. deep

来源

Israel Sack, Inc.
Sotheby's, New York, January 27, 1983, lot 426
Sold in these Rooms, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. George Arden, October 19, 1991, lot 175.

拍品专文

This stand is a fashionable statement with an elaborately turned shaft and ornately decorated bird's-eye maple top. Ornamented with a cockbeaded edge outlined with a mahogany band with ebony and lightwood inlay, a combination which is echoed in the central oval reserve, this New Hampshire stand is one of the finer examples of its type. In keeping with the many examples from the region, the underside of the top reveals a wooden rather than brass latch and in a manner often associated with New Hampshire furniture, the underside retains its orginal red wash.

Related, yet slightly less decorative tables include one from the Lady Pepperrel House in Kittery, Maine (SPNEA); one with a wooden latch; Christie's, October 13, 1984, lot 413.