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Nesting Table

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1850-1874

GUSN

GUSN-70049

Description

Black nesting table with rectangular top, decorated with bird and domestic motifs; turned legs and trestle paw feet

Details

Descriptive Terms

nesting tables
tables (support furniture)
japanning
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
Table
Table, Nesting
Japanned
Bird
Table, Nesting

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

27 x 13 x 14 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.2101.1

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