Rectangular top; four square tapered legs with stringing, two swinging as gates; lozenge shaped inlaid dies at top of legs, enclosing a straight inlaid apron; reinforced with mahogany stained pine beams and modern screws and nails, one legs has been raised by an added block of wood.
dropleaf tables
tables (support furniture)
inlay (process)
mahogany (wood)
pine (wood)
Federal
Hepplewhite
pine (wood)
Mahogany
Pine
Inlaid
Federal
Hepplewhite
TABLE
Written underneath in chalk, ""Restored by G.P. Fernald, Portsmouth, NH April 1924, for Mrs. May, Middle St.""
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
27.875 x 43.125 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.610
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