FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TWO-PART BANQUET TABLE,circa 1790, Mid Atlantic. Each finely-figured demilune end appears with generous drop-leaf above conforming frieze with stringing and stands on square tapering cuffed legs with string and bellflower inlays - Open: 28 1/4 in. x 50 1/4 in. x 97 1/2 in.; Closed: 50 1/2 in. Estimate $3,000-5,000
Provenance: Private family residing in the 1940s at Marietta plantation, Glenn Dale, MD. Mr. and Mrs. John Franklin Lillard Mr. John Lillard, III
The table measures 28 1/4 in. H. overall and 25 in. H. from floor-to-apron. Very good condition: professionally refinished; minor wear to feet from use over the years; inlays added at later date. It is our opinion that the top is original to the table.
