Table, Breakfast

Object Name:

Table, Breakfast

Object ID:

1970.035.07

Place of Origin:

New England, possibly New Hampshire

Date:

1740-1770

Description:

Breakfast Table, circular. Queen Anne style, maple and white pine. Two hinged drop-leaves, each supported on a swinging leg. The top and leaves have a sloping rounded edge. The convex skirt applied to each end rail has an ogee scrolled lower edge. Four attenuated cabriole legs with high pointed knees and club feet on cushions of small diameter. No knee brackets. Long sides of frame are double walled. All rails pine; applied skirts on end rails maple. Traces of former red paint. Roman numeral "X" incised twice on one end rail and twice on adjacent section of top; "V" incised in similar manner at other end. Roman numeral "I" incised on one outer side rail and on adjacent surface of top and leaf; "II" incised similarly on other side. One fly foot broken and repaired. Top and one leaf each composed of two pieces. Top and leaves seem to have been either altered or replaced. Chrome-plated steel button on bottom of each foot. No corner or glue blocks.

Material:

Wood
Maple
Pine
Metal

Dimensions:

H-28 L-42 D-41 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

People:

Rogers, Josephine (1887-1970), Rogers, Harry (1886-1961)