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Dining Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1880-1910

GUSN

GUSN-59084

Description

Maple dining table. Rectangular top has two trapezoidal drop leaves. When leaves are opened, table top forms an octagon. Swinging bars support leaves. Unusual shape of top reveals late-nineteenth-century construction. Table rests on four square tapered legs with spade feet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dining tables
tables (support furniture)
maple (wood)
Table, Dining

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

28 1/2 x 45 x 44 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.3188

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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