Table, Dining
- Object Name:
- Table, Dining
- Object ID:
- 2008.043.01
- Place of Origin:
- Exeter, NH
- Date:
- circa 1810
- Description:
- Dining table, one of a pair. Descended in the family of Gen. John Sullivan of Durham, NH. Hepplewhite style, probably Concord, NH, 1810. Semicircular mahogany top with hinged rectangular leaf. Tapered square mahogany legs. Mahogany and birch veneer on sides and legs. Pine secondary wood. Hinged rails allow the two rear legs to swing out to support the leaf.
- Material:
- Wood
Mahogany
Birch
Pine
Maple - Dimensions:
- H-28.5 W-48 D-23.7 inches
- Provenance:
- McDaniel family oral tradition suggests that the tables belonged to Gen. John Sullivan (1720-1795) of Durham, NH, but they were probably first owned by George Sullivan (1771-1838) of Exeter, NH, son of Gen. John Sullivan. George Sullivan was a NH State Representative, State Senator, NH Attorney General, and U.S. Representative.
The tables were given by George Sullivan's daughters to Rev. Benjamin F. McDaniel of Exeter in the 1870s. They descended in the McDaniel family to the donor. - Credit Line:
- Gift of the Descendants of Rev. Benjamin F. McDaniel
- Subjects:
- Dining
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