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S-shaped and scrolled; nesting on scrolled feet. Tilt-top hinged at center of underside circular top with metal locking device. Top decorated with Oriental scene of pagoda and figures in front. Legs and pedestal have elaborate scrolled gilding.
tripod tables
tables (support furniture)
gilding
japanning
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Orientalism
Gilded
Turned
Japanned
Pagoda
Orientalism
TABLE
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
China
42.25 x 26.313 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.320
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