A SET OF THREE MAGICIAN'S PAINTED WOOD SKELETON SIDE TABLES, AFTER F.G. THAYER, LATE 20TH CENTURY, comprising a pair of folding single skeleton tables with each depicting a grinning skeleton holding aloft a hinged rectangular green carpet covered top trimmed in bullion couched thread ribbon, standing before a serpent with rattle tipped tail entwined truncated tree trunk, reversing to a hinged panel back, height: 34 3/8", width: 22", depth: 16"; together with a double adorned skeleton folding table of paired skeletons holding aloft a hinged rectangular green carpet covered top trimmed in matching gilt ribbon, while seated on a truncated tree trunk entwined with a colorful serpent ending in a rattle tipped tail, reversing to a hinged panel back, height: 34 1/4", width: 30", depth: 18".   Provenance: Estate of Ross Gibson Wandrey, Houston, Texas

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