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Table (Single-leaf table)
1750-1790
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Mahogany
- Pine, white
Museum Object Number
1961.0811
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1961.0811
Object Name
Table (Single-leaf table)
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin is Boston, Massachusetts area.
Date
1750-1790
Materials
- Mahogany
- Pine, white
Dimensions (inches)
27.875 (H) x 28.75 (W) x 15.125 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
70.803 (H) x 73.025 (W) x 38.418 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW is of top; OD is of feet when top closed. W (frame) 16 in. (40.6 cm); W (feet) 17.675 in. (45.0 cm); D (top open) 28.875 in. (73.3 cm); D (top closed) 14.75 in. (37.5 cm); D (frame) 12.5 in. (31.8 cm).
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published: cat.no. 134, pp.258-59.Book: Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig.310Article: Davison, Elizabeth A. 2014 Reserch Note: Scottish Bedroom Tables from Scotland to the American South. Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts. 35
• discussion of the form