Table, Tea
- Object Name:
- Table, Tea
- Object ID:
- 1970.035.06
- Place of Origin:
- Probably Massachusetts, possibly New Hampshire
- Date:
- 1750-1770
- Description:
- Circular Tea Table. Two hinged drop-leaves are each supported on a swinging leg. Top and leaves have sloping rounded edge. Convex skirt applied to each end rail has scrolled lower edge with rounded drops flanking central ogee curves. Four attenuating cabriole legs with large, circular club feet that have very flat upper surfaces; a distinct hock above each foot. No knee brace. Long sides of frame are double-walled; even outer rails are pine. End rails maple. Vertical corner blocks at the two freestanding corners. Glue blocks present. Evidence of former dark brown paint. Stained and varnished. Long crack running full length of tabletop. One of the stationary feet broken and repaired. One end rail cracked. End of one leaf damaged near juncture with top.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Maple - Dimensions:
- H-27.5 L-29.5 D-29 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the collection assembled by Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Rogers. Donors purchased New Hampshire antiques, often at auction, for use in their Suncook, NH, home.
- Credit Line:
- Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Rogers Collection, Bequest of Josephine P. Rogers
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