A Cedar Chippendale Tea Table, Bermuda, c.1760

Bermuda furniture made of cedar, fairly identifiable and found noplace else but Bermuda, is rare and desirable. Chippendale furniture is very rare, as this style dates squarely in the 18th century, and little has survived. The tea table is a rare form, because it is easily broken. This table was once part of a marine Museum, now deaccessioned. This tea table is not a “rickety” table; the mortise and tenon joints through legs are all stable…