Table, Sewing
- Object Name:
- Table, Sewing
- Object ID:
- 1977.007.27
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1830-1840
- Description:
- Work table. Mahogany and cherry, with white pine. Rectangular, with hinged drop-leaf at each end. Edges of top and leaves are beaded. Two drawers at front, each extending full width; two stamped brass knobs of floral design on each drawer. Four turned legs each with a ball-and-reel turned neck and a large barrel-shaped ankle above a small tapered foot encircled at its center by a ring tuning; a band of decorative grooves encircling center of each ankle. Leaves are supported on rectangular slides each notched at its outer end to form a dovetail-shaped pull. Right slide and sides of case are cherry; drawer fronts veneered with mahogany; remainder of primary wood solid mahogany. Holes at bottom and sides of feet indicating former presence of casters. Short crack at back edge of top. Two checks in top visible from underside. Several scratches on upper surface. Drawer and drawer dividers numbered. Dark stains and scribed concentric circles on inner surface of upper drawer bottom. A series of circular marks on outer surface of lower drawer bottom. Painted figure "623" on each drawer together with several pencil figures. "Chatham Pines" stamped twice on right side of lower drawer and on nearby section of frame. Piece broken from back of lower drawer. Left slide is a replacement, probably birch.
- Material:
- Wood
Mahogany
Cherry
Pine
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-27 W-18.75 D-18.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Said to have belonged to Dorcas M. (Abbott) Stickney (1817-1881) of Concord, NH, the sister of the donor's great-grandmother.
Item No. 623 on donor's list. Used recently at Chatham Pines, a camp in South Chatham, NH, owned by donor. Note from donor's father, "The mahogany table with two drop leaves came from my home, the table came to my home from my Aunt Stickney who lived the last years of her life with my father and mother." - Credit Line:
- Gift of Foster E. Sturtevant
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