Side table

Date1690-1710

OriginAmerica, Massachusetts, Hampshire County (probably)

MediumWhite oak and white pine

DimensionsOH: 27 6/8"; OW: 39 1/2"; OD: 24 1/2"

Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. Miodrag R. Blagojevich.

Object number1976-436

DescriptionDressing table with side hung drawer with brass tear drop pulls and pierced escutcheon (both replaced); wide overhanging top with bread-board ends; front skirt molded just below drawer and scalloped; side skirts molded on straight lower edges; sausage turned legs terminate in blocking at stretchers and flattened ball feet; stretchers rectangular in cross section with molded tops; frame has pegged mortise and tenon joints.

Woods: white oak with white pine side runners and drawer bottom.