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Queen Anne Drop-leaf Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1775-1790

GUSN

GUSN-2427

Description

A drop-leaf table with narrow a rectangular top, with 2 dimensional shaped hinged leaves on a shaped end skirt, and cabriole legs ending in pad feet. When the leaves are open, the table is an oval shape. It still has the original old red finish.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tables (support furniture)
maple (wood)
maple (wood)
Queen Anne
Maple
Queen Anne
Table

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

26 x 29 x 10 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.450

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