Table
- Object Name:
- Table
- Object ID:
- 1982.050.02
- Place of Origin:
- Canterbury, NH
- Date:
- 1825-1835
- Description:
- Work table. Two-drawer, drop-leaf. Table top is mahogany, made of two pieces joined at center. Two drop leaves, each supported by a swinging brace. When opened, top is rectangular, with rounded corners; table top is attached to base with screws. Drop leaves attached with metal hinges; part of hinges hidden by leg posts. Drawers are pine secondary wood, with front of figured mahogany veneer; each drawer has two wooden pulls, attached with screws. Drawers are dovetail construction, and have a block glued to back as a spacer. Top drawer has a divider insert, and an iron lock. Top drawer is engraved with the roman numeral "XIIII" underneath; bottom drawer is engraved with the roman numeral "XV". Paper label on the underside of the top drawer reads, "For Alice M. Cog-" (Alice M. Cogswell, donor's wife's grandmother). Legs are turned maple, square at top and round below, with double ring turnings that taper down to a ball turning ~2" above slender feet. Appears to be refinished; evidence of former gray-brown paint. Large crack through center of top.
- Material:
- Wood
Mahogany
Maple
Metal
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-29.5 W-18.75 D-18.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Tag on bottom, "For Alice M. Cog-", belived to be Alice M. Kelley Cogswell (b.1850), donor's wife's (Muriel Louise True) grandmother.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dana Vaughan P.
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