Carved Mahogany Drop Leaf Breakfast Table school of Duncan Phyfe, circa 1815, rectangular top with two drop leaves, frieze set with two finely dovetailed drawers, four turned and acanthus carved columns on fluted and carved base with saber legs, acanthus carved and reeded saber legs with brass casters, 29-3/4 x 39 x 24-1/2 in.; open 45 in. break and crude repair at one ankle, 2 in. skirt patch at center of one leaf, top with some surface wear and minor cracks, corrosion to casters, scattered veneer repairs to drawer surrounds, brasses replaced. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, Tom Devenish: The Collection - Highly Important English Furniture, New York, 24 April 2008, lot 187 break and crude repair at one ankle, 2 in. skirt patch at center of one leaf, top with some surface wear and minor cracks, corrosion to casters, scattered veneer repairs to drawer surrounds, brasses replaced