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| Figure
2 Oval table with falling leaves, New
York City, 1700–1730. Mahogany with maple and yellow poplar. H. 30
1/8"; top: 58" x 72 1/4" (open). The table may originally
have belonged to Philip Van Cortlandt (1683–1748) and his wife Catherine
De Peyster (1688–1766?) who were married in 1710. (Courtesy, Historic
Hudson Valley, Tarrytown, New York; photo, Gavin Ashworth.) |