Table, Breakfast
- Object Name:
- Table, Breakfast
- Object ID:
- 1970.014.07
- Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire (possibly)
- Date:
- 1825-1850
- Description:
- Breakfast or "Pembroke" Table, rectangular. Birch, maple, and white pine, with marbleized paper. HInged rectangular leaves with rounded lower corners. Leaves are supported on rectangular slides. Two drawers at each end, all having a central wooden knob. Upper drawers 2.5" high, lower drawers 2.875" high. Four turned legs, each tapering from center; ring turnings at neck and ankle; ball feet. Top and leaves of white pine covered with varnished marbleized paper. Drawers have fronts of bird-eye maple. Legs and drawer rails birch. Bottoms of drawer stops loose.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-29 L-30 D-14.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donor in East Washington, NH. Card table 1956.389.01 was purchased in same town c. 1925 by Miss Jewell; this table may have been acquired at the same time.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Margaret H. Jewell
- People:
- Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)
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