Item Details
Description
With scalloped top, bird cage mechanism, on tapered and fluted support with suppressed gadrooned ball, on cabriole legs with acanthus and rocaille-carved knees, on ball-and claw feet.
H: 30 ½ in. W: 33 7/8 in. D: 33 ½ in.
Provenance
Tradition states that this table originally belonged to a Mr. Gallager from Richmond, Virginia, who died in the Richmond Theatre fire on December 26, 1811, which killed more than seventy people. Mrs. Joseph (Mary) Gallego is found in the victims list of the incident, which is the closest name to Gallager, so it is more likely that she died.
Joseph Gallego (1768-1818), of Spain, married Mary Magee (1761-1811), of Philadelphia, in 1783. Mary's parents were Alexander Magee II (1716-1766) and Marie Rivers Dugsdale Magee (1723-1789). It is plausible that the table was made for the Magees.
The Carr family, who purportedly worked for Joseph Gallego and his family, are said to have inherited the table following his death.
Subsequent line of descent:
Nancy Carr, Richmond, Virginia
Nancy Ellis (d. 1876), Richmond, Virginia.
Condition
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