Table

Object Name:

Table

Object ID:

1976.047

Place of Origin:

Canterbury, NH (possibly)

Date:

1850-1875

Description:

Table, probably Shaker (could have been used as a writing, dressing, or serving table). Rectangular. White pine and birch woods. Oriented so short sides at ends. Rectangular top with rounded front corners. Flat-topped crest at back with incurved ends. Full-width drawer at front with one wooden knob, second knob missing. Four turned legs, each tapering in both directions from center, with a cylindrical section above narrowest point at top. Top extends beyond frame 1.5" at each end and 1.75" at front. Painted and grained in shades of brown. Legs birch. Diagonal braces under top at back corners. Dovetails nailed. Long joined cracks in top. Crack extending full depth of drawer at left end. Chalk figure "2" on right end of drawer. Illegible pencil inscriptions on upper surfaces of drawer front and bottom. Dark stains (probably ink) in drawer. Yellow-green paint near bottom of each foot, probably acquired during painting of floor. Drawer knob attached with modern screw. Machine-cut nails used in construction. Newsprint transferred onto top surface.

Material:

Wood
Birch
Pine

Dimensions:

H-31.625 W-31.75 D-15 inches

Provenance:

Purchased by Doug Hamel from Denton Hartley (Hartley's Barn Antiques) of Pelham, NH, said to have been purchased out of an old house on North Main Street, Concord, NH.
When acquired by NHHS, drawer was lined with a 1946 Concord Daily Monitor, since discarded.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

Subjects:

Tables, Furniture, Shakers