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Table

Table
Object name 
Table
Date 
1660-1695
Medium 
Oak, maple, pine
Dimensions 
Overall: 24 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 23 in. ( 62.2 x 95.3 x 58.4 cm )
Description 
N-YHS Museum Collection Rectangular table with pine top (old, but not original) on maple and oak base; shaped apron; block-and-reel-turned legs with reels like the threads of a screw; reel-turned front and back stretchers joined at vertical mid-point of legs, and reel-turned side stretchers joined near bottom of legs.
Credit Line 
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number 
1947.258
Gallery Label 
The donor acquired this table from Ralph Warren Burnham of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The distinctive reel turnings of the base are similar to those found on two dressing tables, now at Winterthur and the Art Institute of Chicago, believed to have been made in the vicinity of Salem, Massachusetts.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.