Drop Leaf Table. Walnut. Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1750.

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

ca. 1750

GUSN

GUSN-325792

Description

Queen Anne oval top, drop leaf table with cabriole legs and pad feet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dropleaf tables
walnut (wood)
Table
Table, Dropleaf
Table, Dropleaf

Label

This walnut dropleaf table is a rare diminutive form, related to one supposedly owned by John Hancock and to a Portsmouth example that Historic New England owns which belonged to John Langdon.

Additional Identification Number

1762.2

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

27 x 33 x 12 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Evelyn V. Lovejoy

Accession Number

2017.39.2

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Title Portrait of Deacon John Stone (1781-1849). Artist unknown. Oil on canvas. Massachusetts, 1830-1840. Accession Number 2017.39.1

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