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Drop-leaf table. Mahogany with birch hinge rails; white pine and other secondary wood. Rectangular top with rectangular leaves. Top and leaves each constructed from one board. Swing hinge rails thinner than tops of legs, and not parallel to side rails when swing leg closed. Top set slightly askew to compensate for uneven construction of rails. Ogee-molded scalloped skirt. Rests on four cabriole legs with pad feet. All original elements, including seventeen blocks glued to top and frame, survive.
dropleaf tables
tables (support furniture)
birch (wood)
mahogany (wood)
Norway spruce (wood)
Queen Anne
Table
Table, Dropleaf
Table, Dropleaf
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Attributed to Sewall, Samuel (Cabinetmaker)
28 1/2 x 47 1/2 x 17 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.257
Probably New Hampshire (United States)
Probably
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