Table

Object Name:

Table

Object ID:

1947.025.29

Place of Origin:

New England

Date:

1800-1840

Description:

Tavern Table. Rectangular table of type sometimes called a "tavern" table, probably of Shaker manufacture. Rectangular top, with rounded corners, extending beyond the frame 2.5" at front, 3.25" at back, and 5.5" at each end. Drawer, with a small wooden knob pull, extends full width of front. Shaft of knob is pinned on inside. Four square tapered legs. Three rectangular stretchers with slightly rounded tops -- two side stretchers and one medial. Table top and drawer front pine; remainder of primary wood birch. Has been stripped, varnish finish; evidence of former brown and black layers. Top is pieced at back having an applied strip 1.75" deep. Pencil letters "S" and "X" on underside of top. Inside of drawer painted black on bottom; fragments remain of a Boston newspaper glued in drawer as lining. Some of dovetail joints reinforced with nails. Circular sawn strips applied to bottom of drawer sides.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-27.625 W-39 D-23.75 inches

Provenance:

Collected by Mary Thompson (Mason) Tilney (1855-1914), mother of the donor, from farm houses near her summer home in Pleasant Valley, NH (near Wolfeboro) between 1895 and 1913.

Credit Line:

The Tilney Collection, Gift of Jessie M. Tilney, in Memory of Robert Fingland Tilney and Mary Mason Tilney

People:

Tilney, Mary M. (1855-1914), Tilney, Robert F. (1849-1926), Tilney, Jessie Mason (1883-1960)