A black walnut top with a distinctive grain sits on a frame composed of a simple shaped skirt, also of walnut, and four distinctly fashioned cabriole legs in birch that end in pad feet. The table has been published several times and is attributed to the York cabinetmaker Samuel Sewell.
tea tables (tables)
tables (support furniture)
black walnut (wood)
birch (wood)
joints by material joined
varnishing
Queen Anne Style
Table, Tea
Sewell, Samuel, 1724-1814 (Cabinetmaker)
York, Maine
25 3/4 x 26 3/4 x 18 (HxWxD) (inches)
Museum Purchase
2006.12
Maine (United States)
York Village (York county, Maine)
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