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Rectangular top with rounded corners, gilt edges. Circular metal lock, underside; raised, gilded scene of tree, path leading to pagoda, man and boy in boat, fisherman. Modified S-scroll legs form tripod base. Vase and ring turned pedestal terminates in square top support. Base: black with gold painted leaf motifs, linear highlights on legs.
tilt-top tables
tables (support furniture)
beech (wood)
gilding
hardwood
japanning
turning (shaping process)
boats
Chinoiserie
figure- and animal-derived motifs
fishermen (people)
Orientalism
S-scrolls
Beech
Japanned
Gilded
Orientalism
Chinoiserie
Pagoda
Boat
Fisherman
S Scroll
Turned
Hardwood
TABLE
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
England
27.25 x 25.75 (HxW), 16.125 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.322
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