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Table and Two Benches

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1830-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2725

Description

Table with rectangular overhanging top supported by five turned legs; the top is grainpainted in five different patterns in yellow and brown; wood supports screwed in underside; benches with long curve-ended crest rails supported by turned stiles and legs; conforming flat seat.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tables (support furniture)
benches (furniture)
toys (recreational artifacts)
pine (wood)
graining
Table
Table

Associated Building

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

Additional Identification Number

1991.951

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9 x 25 x 16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.951.1-.3

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