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Butterfly Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1740-1760

GUSN

GUSN-2115

Description

Drop-leaf (butterfly) table with unpainted square top and drawer; legs have baluster and ring turnings with plain stretchers; base appears to have original red paint. (See accession file for further details).

Details

Descriptive Terms

butterfly tables
tables (support furniture)
maple (wood)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Maple
Pine
Painted
TABLE, DINING

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

29.375 x 37 x 35.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.127

Places

Connecticut (United States)

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