american-classical-carved-rosewood-game-table
Lot 2255
American Classical Carved Rosewood Game Table
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1840, rosewood and rosewood veneer, mahogany, oak and white pine secondary, rectangular swivel top with storage compartment opens to reveal a red maize playing surface with banded vertical veneer, stylized cornucopia carved front apron, turned standard terminating in carved acanthus leaf, shaped base with suppressed ball feet on casters.

29 x 36 x 17.75 in.

From the Collection of Winslow Goins, Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Rich figured rosewood veneers throughout.

Later red maize with staining and tear; light surface scratches and tight shrinkage crack to top with very slight warp near front center; staining to base of standard.