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.
dining tables
tables (support furniture)
maple (wood)
Table, Dining
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Unknown
28 1/2 x 45 x 44 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.3188
Massachusetts (United States)
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