18th Century Queen Anne Boston Mahogany Dropleaf Dining Table Circa 1760 - 1780

Bay Colony Antiques takes the utmost pleasure in offering one of the absolute finest early American drop leaf dining tables to be found anywhere in the American antiques market. We have treasured many dropleaf tables throughout generations of continued operation and now have the privilege of offering one of the most significant that we have ever encountered in any of the collections we have studied or contributed to. While many dropleaf tables have been produced in America and England since the Queen Anne period first began in the mid 18th century there are very few surviving examples that embody the craftsmanship or stature of the table we now offer at present. The earliest known examples of the American Queen Anne dropleaf form table originated near the northeastern coastal cities around Boston, Massachusetts in the late 1750's until they were commonplace through the middle of the Queen Anne era in the late 1760's. The design traveled down the colonial states and westward into rural