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Tea Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

ca. 1780

GUSN

GUSN-5249

Description

Tilt-top tea table has three cabriole legs terminating in ridged pad feet, supporting a vasi-turned baluster; round; undecorated top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tea tables (tables)
tables (support furniture)
mahogany (wood)
Chippendale
Mahogany
Chippendale
TABLE

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

27.75 x 28 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.613

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