George III Mahogany Drop Leaf Breakfast Table

Late 18th century, pine and elm secondary, rectangular top, rectangular drop leaves with gate-leg support, shaped skirt, straight molded legs with inside chamfer.

28 x 36 x 17.5 in., each leaf 17 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Top reset with later glue and brace blocks; each drop leaf now with later batten support at each edge; one leaf with three shrinkage splits; fair condition.