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Part of set of four nested black and gold lacquered tables with Asian scenes on tops surrounded by elaborate floral and foliate borders. Legs and stretchers decorated with complimentary designs. Rectangular tops with rounded corners and edges supported by two lyre-shaped legs, each pierced with a central fleur-de-lis finial moving to shaped bracket feet. Single rear stretchers.
nesting tables
tables (support furniture)
lacquering
wood (plant material)
Table
Table, Nesting
Table, Nesting
Original to Josiah Quincy House (Quincy, Mass.),
Unknown
27 1/8 x 18 x 11 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Edmund Quincy
1972.50A
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