Tea Table

Dateca. 1770

MediumMahogany

DimensionsOH: 28 1/4"; OW: 28 1/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1990-89

DescriptionRound pillar and claw tea table; round top with battens on underside; square block beveled on three sides with (replaced) double pintle for tilting top on fourth side; turned column-and-baluster pillar square-tenoned into block; three legs with carved ball-and-claw feet dovetailed into base of pillar; leg dovetails recessed into bottom of pillar, never had a metal plate; three large divots cut into lower edge of pillar between leg joints.