"English Mahogany Folding Coaching Table"

"English Mahogany Folding Coaching Table"Sz: 25 1 4" x 39" x 39 in. Weighs: 25. 4 lbs Local CT 06010 pickup Alternatively: *White Glove shipping charges apply @ the buyer's expense as this item is quite large heavy & delicate* Provenance: the Estate of Mary S. B. Braga from her $35M 837 estate "Oakendale" in The Plains, VA. Mary Sayles Booker Braga (1921 2014) was a philanthropist, horse breeder, conservationist, art collector, connoisseur, and patron (Julian Barrow). Braga collected both

Sz: 25 1/4" x 39" x 39 in.

Weighs: 25.4 lbs

Local CT 06010 pickup 

Alternatively:

*White Glove shipping charges apply @ the buyer's expense as this item is quite large/ heavy & delicate*

Provenance: the Estate of Mary S. B. Braga from her $35M/ 837 estate "Oakendale" in The Plains, VA.

Mary Sayles Booker Braga (1921-2014) was a philanthropist, horse breeder, conservationist, art collector, connoisseur, and patron (Julian Barrow).

Braga collected both fine (paintings and drawings) and decorative arts (English furniture, porcelains, silver, etc.) and her collection included work by, among others, Sir Alfred Munning, Edgar Degas, Jean Leon Gérôme, Bosboom, Aaron Shikler, Sir George Clausen, and Victoria Dubourg.

The collection was sold via Sotheby’s New York on Oct. 18-20, 2015.

In 1943, Braga married the sugar baron Bernardo Rionda Braga 1911–1986 (Czarnikow-Rionda Company, Director and Vice President, 1946–1969; Francisco Sugar Group, Director and President,1954–1970).

They had three children: David (Manhattan), and Ames (Millbrook, N.Y.) and a daughter, Pamela Drexel Brown (d. 2005) of Washington. Braga was a member of the Colony Club.