Claw-foot drop leaf table. Mahogany. Square top when opened; two hinged rectangular leaves; scalloped skirt at the end rails. Rests on cabriole legs with ball and claw feet.
dining tables
dropleaf tables
tables (support furniture)
mahogany (wood)
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Queen Anne
Mahogany
Maple
Pine
Queen Anne
TABLE, DINING
On a tag, in blue pen is: Mahogany claw-foot/ breakfast table given/to Catherine Adams/Little (1823-1923) at/the time of her wedding/Mar.21, 1850/by her father Ebenezer/Little (1801- )/who purchased it from ""some old people""/who lived in an old/house where the/Woodbridge School now stands.
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
Newbury, MA; Newburyport, MA
28 1/2 x 17 1/3 x 46 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.57
Massachusetts (United States)
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