Table
- Object Name:
- Table
- Object ID:
- 1985.053.01
- Place of Origin:
- possibly Newburyport, MA
- Date:
- 1750-1800
- Description:
- Table, tripod, tilt-top, Queen Anne style. Mahogany table top, made of two pieces very finely joined together. Latch mechanism is wrought iron. The top hinges on a rectangular block with wooden rod. Rod housed in cleats screwed to bottom of table top. Cabriole legs are dovetailed into central baluster turned post. Dentitions carved at base of post where legs join.
- Material:
- Wood
Mahogany
Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-30.25 Dia-33.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Formerly owned by Elizabeth I. Wilson Kent (1832-1919) of Chester, NH. Elizabeth Kent was donor's great aunt (Helen's grandfather's sister). This table may have come with Mariner Kent (Elizabeth's father-in-law) when he moved to Derry, NH, from Newburyport, MA, about 1803.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Helen Guild Peterson
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