A Sheraton demilune console table with a central inlaid fan motif, floral inlay at the tops of its tapering legs with ebonized string inlay. c. 1790, possibly Irish, PROVENANCE: purchased from Moreton Antiques London October 1969
Dimensions: 52" W x 20" D x 31" H
Property Title: From the Estate of Barbara Farnsworth of West Cornwall, CT. She was the life partner of the late Harry L. Colley II. Barbara was born on June 18th 1934 in New York City, the daughter of the late William and Margaret (Leczer) Blaha. Barbara graduated from Middlebury College in 1955 and worked as an oil and gas researcher at McGraw Hill. She married Clyde H. Farnsworth on September 3, 1956. They moved to Europe in 1963 where Clyde was a New York Times foreign correspondent in London, Brussels and Paris, and Barbara worked as a correspondent for the Economist magazine. In 1978, Barbara returned to the United States and acquired Martin Gold's book shop in West Cornwall. Over the next 40 years, as a member of ABAA, she grew the business into one of the most respected antiquarian bookstores in America.
(BFAR3021) (TC)

old worming evident underneath, top warped with new screws used to secure it, bottoms back legs were floor dampened with some losses to ebonized string inlay, veneer present, but some areas lifting, old area of restorations, cosmetically good