Folding table
Unknown
1680–85 · Painted white oak, soft maple · The American Wing
The heavy balusters and applied bosses on this table may indicate that it was produced en suite with a matching cupboard, since such bold decorative elements were more commonly found on that form. The polygonal frame has a two-part, hinged circular top that opens and rests on the pivot support, or gate. The present grain-painted surface is not original and may date to the eighteenth century.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1680–85
- Medium
- Painted white oak, soft maple
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1951
