Antique American Carved Chippendale Mahogany Tilt-Top Table Candlestand Philadelphia 1770 Sculpture Similar boxes are housed in

Similar boxes are housed in the collections of the Smithsonian

surrounded with four circular bosses

he would rapidly sketch out the scene to be painted with pen and ink without the small details of his subject

The brass handles are period 18th century but slightly later replacements

Antique American Carved Chippendale Mahogany Tilt-Top Table Candlestand Philadelphia 1770 Sculpture Similar boxes are housed inA good antique American Chippendale tilt top mahogany table or candlestand, Philadelphia, circa 1770. The table having a circular 'dished' top that is also a tilt top and locks into place with the original hand cut steel locking mechanism, the table having a turned pedestal column with 'barley twist' carving and a twist carved baluster below. The table is raised on a tripod base with three cabriole legs terminating to pad feet with ribbed carving to