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Table (Drop-leaf table)
Benjamin Frothingham Jr.
1760-1780
Description
Large, rectangular Queen Anne-style dropleaf table with two dropped leaves and a fixed center section. The lower edges of the frame of the fixed section have wide serpentine molding. The table sits on six cabriole legs that terminate in claw-and-ball feet; four of the legs swing and two are fixed.
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Benjamin Frothingham Jr. (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Charlestown; Massachusetts; Middlesex; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Mahogany
- Maple, soft
- Pine, white
- Iron
Museum Object Number
1952.0149
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1952.0149
Object Name
Table (Drop-leaf table)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Benjamin Frothingham Jr. (Furniture maker)
Place of Origin
Charlestown; Massachusetts; Middlesex; New England; United States; North America
Date
1760-1780
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: At fixed rail, outer face
Inscription: "Benj\n Frothingham/ Cabbinet Maker/ IN/ CHARLESTOWN. N.E."; letters "N.H. Scp"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Mahogany
- Maple, soft
- Pine, white
- Iron
Dimensions (inches)
28.125 (H) x 60 (W) x 59 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
71.438 (H) x 152.4 (W) x 149.86 (L)
Measurement Notes
OW and OD are with top open. W (frame) 51.875 in.; W (feet) 53.75 in.; D (top open) 58.625 in.; D (frame) 14 in.; D (feet) 54.875 in.
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. 137, pp. 262-63.Article: Swan, Mabel Munson. 1952 Major Benjamin Frothingham, Cabinetmaker. Antiques. 62 (5): 393.
Article: Hummel, Charles F. 1971 Queen Anne and Chippendale Furniture in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Part 3. Antiques. 99 (1): 92.
• Published: figs. 2 and 3.Book: Fennimore, Donald L. 2004 Iron at Winterthur.
• Published: hardware, cat. no. 67a, pp. 150-52.Book: Fairbanks, Jonathan L. & Bates, Elizabeth Bidwell. 1981 American Furniture, 1620 to the present.
• Published: p. 167.Book: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962 fall meeting of the Walpole Society selected from the collection of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 99 p.
• Trade card published as cat. no. 25, p. 19.