VERY FINE AND RARE CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY GAMES TABLE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1760

VERY FINE AND RARE CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY GAMES TABLE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1760

Height 27 ⅜ in. by Width 20 ⅜ in. by Depth 15 ⅝ in.

Condition Report:
Surface has been cleaned and a varnish applied. Drawer retains original brass knob. Hinges were once located under playing surface and have now been removed and patched. There are hinges visible on either side of the playing surface and by side hinges. The baize playing surface has been replaced. It originally has a teal blue leather covering. In the nineteenth century a piece of wood measuring 7 3/4" by 4 7/8" was applied to the interior surface of the facade to the left side of the drawer to stabilize shrinkage cracks. Piece broke out of rear right leg at knee juncture to skirt and repaired. Right rear side return replaced. Retains an accession number (1970.394) on underside of left rear rail. Another set of surface hinges were added at one time. The rear right leg broke out and has been re-glued. The top has been reset several times and has numerous glue blocks. The top of the back swing gate has been shaved. The top of the leg has lost ¼ inch in height. One glue block has been added to the bottom of the right front drawer runner, White pine secondary wood.

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Provenance:
Christie's New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Folk Art and Decorative Arts, January 22, 1994, sale 7820, lot 288;

Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York.