Museum Notes: Historical New Hampshire/ by New Hampshire Historical Society.
- Title:
- Museum Notes: Historical New Hampshire/ by New Hampshire Historical Society.
- Author:
- New Hampshire Historical Society (Concord, N.H.).
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord,N.H. : New Hampshire Historical Society, 1964.
- Physical Description:
- p.34-39.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1964 Vol. 19, No.2 (Summer 1964) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- The article discusses and presents images of antique furniture owned by the museum of the New Hampshire Historical Society. Items examined include a maple gateleg table made around 1720 and a pine tavern table made around 1720 by the cabinet making technique known as turning. The author also explores a mahogany dressing table made between 1740 and 1760 and posits that it could have been constructed in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut or Newport, Rhode Island. The claw-and-ball design of its feet is also analyzed.
- Subjects:
- Furniture, Early American. , Antiques. , Tables.
- Organizations:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
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