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Trestle table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1870-1950

GUSN

GUSN-293198

Description

Trestle table. Surface formed by three hand-sawn boards encased in frame with mitred corners. Table supported at each end with single leg connected with chamfered medial stretcher. Table pinned with wire nails and screws and was originally painted white.

Details

Descriptive Terms

trestle tables
wood (plant material)
steel (alloy)
Table, Kitchen

Associated Building

Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

30 x 84 1/8 x 25 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Frances Sortwell

Accession Number

1958.265

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