Pembroke table

Unknown

1795–1805 · Mahogany, mahogany veneer, satinwood, holly, ebony with maple, white pine, yellow poplar · The American Wing

This small table features two drop leaves and a drawer. It was ideal for small, informal meals or for taking tea. In his “Cabinet Dictionary” (London, 1803), Thomas Sheraton describes a Pembroke table as “a kind of breakfast table, from the name of the lady who first gave orders for one of them, and who probably gave the first idea of such a table to the workmen.”

Artist

Unknown

Date

1795–1805

Medium

Mahogany, mahogany veneer, satinwood, holly, ebony with maple, white pine, yellow poplar

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of the Members of the Committee of the Bertha King Benkard Memorial Fund, 1946