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| Figure
3 Oval table with falling leaves, New
York, 1720–1750. Red gum with yellow poplar. H. 28 1/2"; top:
35 1/2" x 45 1/2" (open). Branded twice on the underside of the
stretcher are the initials ATB (conjoined), which may stand for Abraham
Ten Broeck of Albany (1734–1810), an owner, not a maker. (Collection
of Peter Eliot; photo, Gavin Ashworth.) |