Boston Mahogany

This beautiful sideboard was probably made in Boston and is similar to the sideboard shown in Henry Sargent's famous early 19th century Boston painting "The Dinner Party" (...

This dressing table is in mint condition and exhibits a highly stylized silhouette with unusual thought out heart-shaped base support above traditional scroll feet. The mahogany has ...

Note the reeded legs at the top are crisply finished with a slight oval shape that terminates each reed; this is a Boston trademark and demonstrates the high level of craftsmanship o...

This is a fine classical recamier with beautifully carved paw feet below a carved cornucopia of fruit. Note the deep carving, in the detailed images. This recamier has fine brass ros...

The large molded oval top still retains its original black oil cloth covering. The top is above a molded apron which is fitted with four drawers at each corner. Two of these drawers...

A commanding Chippendale mahogany block front desk, Boston, circa 1780, Aldrich & Dorrance family Provenance.

Superb tiny Boston Chippendale mahogany blocked serpentine chest of drawers with bold graduation (the top drawer is almost half the size of the bottom drawer).

The top boards are solid, beautifully figured mahogany of excellent quality, as is the rest of this piece.

The rectangular top inset with later green leather gilt-tooled with greek key, above two frieze drawers with brass bail handles; the round tapering reeded legs are headed by incised...

This desk is composed of dark purple Cuban mahogany and is quite heavy. Its drawers are oxbow in form and are molded from solid mahogany logs.

It retains its first surface, which does not always bring out the mahogany’s inherent qualities. While the mahogany is of the same tree, the cabinetmaker selected the areas where the...

While tilt-top tables were a popular Colonial and Federal form, at this time, it was clearly less popular, as few neoclassical examples are found. This table has a highly figured sol...

This rocker is quite substantial, with beautifully carved scrolled arms with lambs’ tongue detail at the top. It is in fine condition with springs and good upholstery. This very comf...

This dining room table folds to a relatively small side table with two large attached leaves and open, it can accommodate ten, or more easily eight, as the sides of each leaf are alm...

Desirable oval drop-leaf dining table with conforming hinged leaves projected above the scalloped apron possessing shell and floral carved knees on cabriole legs terminating in bold ...

An excellent Federal mahogany and inlaid five-leg games table Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1810.

The saber legs are supported by a turned column, all of solid, dense mahogany. This is one of the finest classical mahogany pedestal tables we have owned.

At this time in Boston, the classical form was being produced with design forms unrelated to other furniture being made in Boston or Philadelphia where the high style furniture marke...

The round grey and variegated marble top on a table of the highest quality crotch mahogany veneers of the Empire period. The apron with three subtle raised panels on a triangular and...

This table is composed of the finest solid Cuban mahogany, all of single board construction; nothing is joined or glued up. Note the dramatic figuring or striping in the wood; it’s t...

This basin stand has a dramatic architectural form with a cylindrical revolving door behind two opposing hexagonal columns. The lift-top design of this basin stand was created to giv...

This is a most impressive piece, the best of what came out of Boston in the last quarter of the 18th century. It is exceptional in the proportion of the elegant serpentine aristocrat...

This basin stand originally belonged to Sarah Bass (1768-1838) and descended in her family to the present owner, from who we purchased it. This washstand, in an old surface and in or...

This unique mahogany pedestal base secretary or desk was described in an ad by Smith as “bank and counting room furniture” and is a rare example of the Boston Empire style.