Modern Design  
7 October 2008
Modern Design  
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Benjamin Baldwin

dining table from the C.F. Murphy Jr. residence, Chicago

USA, 1958
burled elm, bleached rosewood, chrome-plated steel 29 h × 96 w × 54 d in (74 × 244 × 137 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $9,600
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Sold with two 21-inch leaves; table measures 138 inches when fully extended. Sold with a photocopy of The New York Times article illustrating the interior of the C.F. Murphy Jr. residence.
provenance: Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Murphy, Jr., Chicago | Private collection, California
literature: The New York Times Magazine, April 11, 1965, ppg. 98-99 illustrate in situ

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