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Tilt-top table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1770-1790

GUSN

GUSN-20056

Description

Tilt-top table. Mahogany. Square top with serpentine-carved edges. Turned baluster with tripod base. Rests on cabriole legs that terminate in slippered feet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tilt-top tables
tables (support furniture)
mahogany (wood)
Mahogany
TABLE, TILT-TOP

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

53 1/3 x 22 1/3 (HxD), 43 1/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.290

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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