Each dished rectangular top with re-entrant corners above a plain frieze, the sides fitted with slide, and flanked by slide surfaces at each end, on lappet-headed cabriole legs with claw feet; one example stamped 'MADE IN ENGLAND'.

Height 27 in (68.6 cm), width 31 7/8 in (81 cm), depth 20 5/8 in (52.5 cm)

R. Lauder, Glasgow (the older table).
Purchased from the above by Stuart & Turner Ltd., London on June 19, 1931.
Acquired from Stuart & Turner, London and shipped in March 1932 (listed by Frances Elkins on 28 March). The later copy also from Stuart & Turner.

Christie's, New York, Property from the Kersey Coats Reed House, October 27, 2006, Lot 301.

A. O. Patterson, 'On the High Bluffs of Lake Forest near Chicago', Town and Country, 15 January 1934, pp. 23.
S. M. Salny, 'Historic Interiors: Frances Elkins. A Surviving Example of the Noted Designer's Work', Architectural Digest, July 1980, p. 88.
D. Kowalski, 'Symmetry and Splendor: David Adler sets the stage for gracious living', Architectural Digest, April 2001, p. 283.
S. M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 136.
M. Thorne, ed., David Adler Architect: The Elements of Style, 2002, 206.
S. E. Cohen and S. S. Benjamin, North Shore Chicago: Houses of the Lakefront Suburb 1890-1940, New York, 2004, p. 280.
S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, 2005, pp. 66-67.

With previous restorations, 19th century table: age crack to top, sun fade, warping, age cracks to slides, shrinkage and replacements to moldings, lifting, losses and replacements to veneers; 20th-century example: sun fading, shrinkage and replacements to moldings, one slide with age crack, old marks and scratches, scuffs to feet.

With previous restorations, 19th century table: age crack to top, sun fade, warping, age cracks to slides, shrinkage and replacements to moldings, lifting, losses and replacements to veneers; 20th-century example: sun fading, shrinkage and replacements to moldings, one slide with age crack, old marks and scratches, scuffs to feet.

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