Table, Sewing
- Object Name:
- Table, Sewing
- Object ID:
- 1936.010.03
- Date:
- circa 1815
- Description:
- Work Table. Rectangular top, with canted corners. The top portion of the legs, in the form of ring-turned colonnettes, are engaged at the canted corners. The top has semi-circular projections at the corners above the colonnette. The two drawers at the front extend the full width; beaded edges on drawers. All four sides, together with canted corners, are veneered and edged along the bottom with a cock bead. The face and edges of each drawer front are veneered. A rectangular panel with incurved corners, formed of light line stringing, decorates the sides and back surfaces of the table as well as both drawer fronts. There are four turned and reeded legs with ring and bulb turnings at the top; there are rung-turned anklets above the tapered bulb feet. There are two brass rosette knobs on each drawer which are modern replacements. There are three decorative incised lines encircling each foot.
There is an adhesive tape label inside the top drawer with accession information. There is a typed paper label on the bottom of the lower drawer reading: "To go to the New Hampshire Historical Society.". - Material:
- Wood
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-29.375 W-21 D-16.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Said to have been used in the Bradley House, Concord, NH. Donor's (Margaret Jewell) mother was Susan A. Bradley, whose family had been in Concord since the 18th century.
Note similarity to other pieces from Bradley House, especially in details of turnings. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
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