Sale 5819
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$1,000 – $1,500
The top with breadboard ends, above single drawer and turned legs joined by stretchers, the later black paint over earlier marble-grained top, the underside of drawer later inscribed, “B.A. Cross.”
H: 27 ¼ in. W: 44 ½ in. D: 29 ¾ in.
Estate of Gwynne Garbisch McDevitt (1931-2022)
McDevitt was the daughter of Colonel Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.
lot 4: stable and sturdy; exhibiting old black painted surface, but evidence of a couple campaigns of paint; the top with some scattered losses, to paint, some areas revealing a marbleized surface underneath; the top also with some scuffing and abrasions to edges; with long age crack that runs the length of table top; the top also with some pins that have popped above top surface; legs and stretchers with some occasional scuffing and scraping, and some occasional loss to paint; the feet each generally worn down slightly and with some surface from honest period use; inscription to underside of drawer written in ink or paint, and is probably 20th century
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