Table

Object Name:

Table

Object ID:

1888.005.01.3

Creator:

Blanchard, Porter (1788-1871)Cabinetmaker

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1819

Description:

Table. Front bowed forming a segment of a circle; back incurved correspondingly; ends rounded. Flat top with rounded edge and covered with felt. All rails veneered and edged with cocked beads, which extend across top of legs. Twelve turned, tapered and reeded legs -- seven at front, five at back -- with ring-and-bulb turned necks, rung turned anklets and tapered cylindrical feet with button terminals. Tops of legs, adjacent to rails, form slightly raised panels decorated with reeded triglyphs. Six drawers along curved front surface, each having beaded edges, two wooden knobs and an oval stamped brass escutcheon. Rails of back and ends decorated with six rectangular panels by beads -- one panel between each pair of legs.
Rails and drawer fronts veneered with bird's-eye maple. Beads, knobs and triglyphs mahogany. Legs probably birch. Pine top painted white with black edges and covered with green felt. Nail holes along edges of top indicating former use of covering. Large illegible chalk inscription on underside of top. Scratched inscription on bottom of left drawer: "Cheney (?) / Concord / N.H." Various parts numbered and renumbered in chalk and pencil.
One of a pair (this table is at the Franklin Pierce Homestead, Hillsborough, NH; the other is at the NHHS library).

Material:

Wood
Maple
Mahogany
Birch
Textile
Pine

Dimensions:

H-31.9 L-181.5 Dia-67 inches

Provenance:

One of a pair of curved desks that were part of the original furnishings of the State House in Concord, NH (built 1816-19). This is one of the "2 circular Tables" acquired for the Senate Chamber for $70, made by Porter Blanchard.
New State House furniture replaced the old Senate Chamber furniture in 1866.

Credit Line:

Gift of the State of New Hampshire

People:

Blanchard, Porter (1788-1871), Cheney

Subjects:

Government