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Tuckaway Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1720-1740

GUSN

GUSN-2656

Description

Narrow, rectangular top with hinged leaves; block baluster turned trestle base; the feet have rolled ends; the gatelegs are baluster turned with ball feet; lower stretcher is turned and top stretcher is rectangular; base retains old red paint; the top has a clear finish; hinges have leather pads under screws.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tables (support furniture)
maple (wood)
painting (coating)
Maple
Painted
Table

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

23 3/4 x 31 (HxW), 33 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.878

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