Table
- Object Name:
- Table
- Object ID:
- 1928.006.02
- Date:
- 1850-1865
- Description:
- Oval spool table. Occasional table of Victorian "spool-turned" type, with trestle base. Oval top with rounded edges overhanging rectangular frame. Full-width drawer at front has wooden knob. End rails extend below level of front and back. Their arched and ogee-scrolled lower outline reverse the curves of the trestle feet. Base has two "spool-turned" uprights at each end and one "spool-turned" stretcher. Drawer front, side, and runners are walnut; drawer bottom and back, pine.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-27.1 W-25.625 D-15.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Said to have belonged to donor's grandfather, Waldo Peirce (d. 1841) of Frankfurt, ME. However, it seems more likely that it belonged to his daughter, Lucilla Peirce Kelley (1819-1911) who was married to Webster Kelley (1804-1855) of Salisbury, NH. Lucilla and Webster lived in Maine and Boston. Donor, Grace Fletcher Kelley, is Lucilla Kelley's daughter.
Note from donor: "Mahogany Table, owned by Waldo Peirce / of Frankfurt, Maine / Year 1800 / Presented to the N.H. Historical Society / By his grand-daughter, Grace Fletcher Kelley / of Boston, and herewith Endowed by her for / care in perpetuity. / 1928." - Credit Line:
- Gift of Grace Fletcher Kelley
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