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Antique Table Escapes From Jail

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Antique Table Escapes From Jail
Antique Table Escapes From Jail

Antique Table Escapes From Jail

This Folk Art table from around 1900 is purportedly one that was made in a penitentiary in Kansas, possibly Lansing Penitentiary. Similar tables are in the Kansas State Historical Society and the Kansas Secretary of State's Office. The top (below) has extensive marquetry work and the feet are brass claws with glass balls. Jackson's Auction will be selling this table as well as the Victorian-period items shown in the thumbnails below.

Antique Table Escapes From Jail

Antique Table Escapes From Jail
Antique Table Escapes From Jail

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