Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1820, square top with rounded corners, brass apron in the form of a curtain with fringe and tassels, four turned supports on tall brass pediments, four downswept reeded legs with brass paw feet on casters, MESDA label to batten, 30-1/2 x 37-1/2 x 43-3/4 in.
Provenance: Believed to have originated in Georgetown, South Carolina; George Birlandt Antiques, Charleston, South Carolina, circa late 1950s; Property from a Charleston Collection
Literature: Illustrated in Bradford Raushenbrg and John Bivins Jr., The Funriture of Charleston, 1680-1820, Volume II (2003), p. 714. Illustrated in Henry Cauthen, Charleston Interiors (1982), p. 57.
Note: Per MESDA, "MESDA photograph files contain examples of andirons by Morgan Morgans, working in New York City circa 1830, with bases similar to those of this table. See S-29245 and NN-1747. Other publications with examples or discussions of furniture with extensive brass are: Edward T. Joy, English Furniture 1800-1851 (1977), p. 42; Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art, exhibit catalogue of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, April 11-October 10, 1976, fig. 180; and Thomas Sheraton, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book (1802), pl. 31."
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Believed to have originated in Georgetown, South Carolina; George Birlandt Antiques, Charleston, South Carolina, circa late 1950s; Property from a Charleston Collection
reconfigured, top associated, some brasses possibly replaced, repairs at leg at base joints, some legs still slightly loose, top underside with unexplained holes and hinge scars appears as made, brass with red and verdigris patina, other typical wear throughout
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