Important Coastal New England Antique Chippendale Mahogany Dropleaf Dining Table

With our absolute highest compliments Bay Colony Antiques takes the utmost pleasure in offering this exceptional and rare antique dining table. This particular dropleaf table is without question one of the very rarest and most desirable specimens which we have ever offered. Overall the table is very unassuming and would perhaps go unnoticed by even the most avid antique collectors. Without the benefit of having a look at the underside one could be forgiven for surmising that this table is just an ordinary and traditional example of an American dropleaf form table of the late 18th century. Only a seasoned collector or scholarly antique restorer with extensive experience would have enough background knowledge to distinguish this example from a table of similar age and form. We have had the great fortune of collective lifetimes working within the New England and larger American antiques market and have the benefit of having owned countless traditional dropleaf tables. With the utmost con