Rare Diminutive Rhode Island Attributed Federal Mahogany Pembroke Table

circa 1780-1800, finely figured top, hinged leaves with canted corners, single dovetailed drawer with mahogany secondary, serpentine front and back aprons, molded tapered legs, 27-1/8 x 20 x 13 in., while open 28-5/8 in. wide

Provenance: Israel Sack Inc., New York, NY; Levison and Cullen Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, 2001 (accompanied by copy of receipt); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Note: The aprons of various furniture forms from Newport and Providence suggest a Rhode Island origin for this table. Examples of similar form or exhibiting similarity in features are illustrated in Philip Zea, "The Serpentine Furniture of Colonial Newport", American Furniture, Chipstone Foundation (1999), p. 254, fig. 2 and p. 257, fig. 8; Christopher Monkhouse and Thomas Michie, American Furniture in Pendleton House (1986), pp. 114-115, fig. 52; Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Vol. VI (1979), p. 1456, fig. 4415; Michael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport, The Townsends and Goddards (1984), p. 113, fig. 3.29.