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Tilt-top Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

ca. 1840

GUSN

GUSN-5018

Description

Square tilt top attaches to rectangular base by screwed-on brackets. Turned pedestal. Modified curvilinear legs with casters dovetailed to pedestal. Brass lock and latch.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tilt-top tables
tables (support furniture)
mahogany (wood)
turning (shaping process)
Mahogany
Turned
TABLE

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

40.75 x 22.875 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.298

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