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Bed table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1890-1900

GUSN

GUSN-50781

Description

Rectangular top w/ chamfered edge over straight horizontally reeded skirt w/ a single long drawer w/ tiger grained panel (no pulls) raised on trestle base w/ 4 square reed front legs w/ shaped foot and corresponding side stretcher and medial stretcher; stepped corner block at leg top carved w/ thin leafy vine shaped brackets at back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bed tables
sleeping and reclining furniture
carving (processes)
chestnut (wood)
incising
chestnut (wood)
Chestnut
Carved
Incised
SUITE, BEDROOM

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

28.25 x 24 x 16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.313.3

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