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Tea Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1740-1760

GUSN

GUSN-180355

Description

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.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tea tables (tables)
tables (support furniture)
black walnut (wood)
birch (wood)
joints by material joined
varnishing
Queen Anne Style
Table, Tea

Maker

Sewell, Samuel, 1724-1814 (Cabinetmaker)

Location of Origin

York, Maine

Dimensions

25 3/4 x 26 3/4 x 18 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Purchase

Accession Number

2006.12

Places

Maine (United States)
York Village (York county, Maine)

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