Lot Essay
An identical table was in the library of Jayne & Charles B. Wrightsman's Palm Beach house, a well-documented Jansen commission, illustrated in J.A. Abbott, Jansen Furniture, New York 2007, p. 291, and the design illustrated p. 290. An identical table was sold from the Collection of a Lady, Christie's, London, 10 December 2009, lot 546 (£10,000, including premium).