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Luce Center
Breakfast table
Object name
Breakfast table
Date
1820-1830
Medium
Mahogany; pine, poplar
Dimensions
Overall: 27 7/8 x 38 1/8 x 25 1/2 in. ( 70.8 x 96.8 x 64.8 cm )
Description
Mahogany Empire breakfast table with 2 D-shaped drop leaves; plain apron with a drawer on one side with turned drops below; raised on four turned columns above a horizontal base with incurving sides supported on four scrolling, hairy paw feet with casters.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number
1941.1028
Gallery Label
The donor, Adelaide Milton de Groot, inherited this breakfast table from her mother, Elizabeth King Hawley, who inherited it from her parents, Lt. Gov. Charles M. Hawley and Mary Stiles Holly.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
