Square Tea Table

Unknown

1740–60 · Mahogany, white pine · The American Wing

This is a perfect example of what tea tables made in Newport between 1740 and 1760 looked like: a simple rectangular top with raised molded edges, plain skirts, and cabriole legs of extreme delicacy terminating in pointed pad feet. The design is masterful in its elegant simplicity. Several dozen tables of this model survive today, their differences being only in the skill with which the legs were shaped.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1740–60

Medium

Mahogany, white pine

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Savage C. Frieze Jr. and family, 1981