Table, Sewing
- Object Name:
- Table, Sewing
- Object ID:
- 2022.023
- Creator:
- Kimball, John (1739-1817) -- Cabinetmaker
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1770
- Description:
- Work table, one drawer, grain painted, block and turned legs, maple and eastern white pine, Concord, NH, c. 1770. Rectangular single-board overhanging top with breadboard ends. Yellow painted graining over gray over original red. Handwritten provenance inscriptions inside drawer and on underside of drawer. Made by Deacon John Kimball as a wedding gift for his sister-in-law Hannah Ayer and John Bradley upon their marriage in 1771. Table stamped "G.B. BARROWS" (George Bradley Barrows of Fryeburg, Maine).
- Material:
- Wood
Maple
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-29 W-21.75 L-30.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Made by Deacon John Kimball (1739-1817) as a wedding gift for his sister-in-law Hannah Ayer (1751-1817) and John Bradley (1743-1815) upon their marriage in 1771. Later owned by George Bradley Barrows (1822-1904) of Fryeburg, Maine, grandson of Hannah Ayer and John Bradley. The table was found in Fryeburg in 1968.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
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