Federal period. Square case enclosing two veneered drawers with ebony string inlay. Molded round brass pulls with a central rosette. Straight rectangular legs supporting case are decorated with vertical panels and string inlay. Mid-length legs become ring turned and terminate in cylindrical feet. Legs enclose a medial scalloped apron which originally supported a shelf (shelf missing).
night tables
tables (support furniture)
inlay (process)
mahogany (wood)
pine (wood)
veneering
Federal
pine (wood)
Mahogany
Pine
Veneered
Federal
Inlaid
TABLE, NIGHT
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
30.5 x 16.375 x 16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.463
New Hampshire (United States)
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