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Tea Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

GUSN

GUSN-170533

Description

Federal style inlaid two tiered drop-leaf tea table. Each table leaf has a pale yellow fluted diamond inlay at center. Pale yellow stringing around each leaf and on legs. Brass handles attached to ends of table. Bracket feet connected by a turned stretcher.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tea tables (tables)
tables (support furniture)
mahogany (wood)
Table, Tea

Inscription

"450" (cut into)
"VIII" (cut into)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

FD008

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

25 1/8 x 26 1/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1169

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