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Catalog Number |
1993.3.143 |
Object Name |
Table |
Description |
Side table with drawer in the skirt of the short side. Refinished, formerly painted green, some paint remains in scattered areas. Yellow birch primary wood with pine interior drawer parts. Knob is typical Enfield form and made of tropical hardwood. The leg is square in cross section from its top to just below the skirts, where it transitions to a round cross section with a ring at the transition, and taper in diameter to the ground. Legs have markings at bottoms indicating there may have been casters originally, this also explains the table's rather short height. Drawer lipped on three sides with ovolo thumbnail bead, bead with no lip on the lower edge. It is very significant that this table stayed on the site continuously from the Shaker era, through the La Salette era and into the museum era. |
Credit line |
Collection of the Enfield Shaker Museum |
Date |
ca. 1840 |
Dimensions |
H-25.5 W-21.5 D-30.75 inches |
Dimension Details |
Height is from floor to upper surface of top, width is the top's width across the dimension with the drawer front, depth is the top's depth from front to back. |
Material |
Birch/Pine/Iron/Hardwood |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Lexicon sub-category |
Furniture |
Linked documents |
Click here for the 2014 paint analysis of this table (searchable pdf) Click here to watch a video about Enfield tables on the museum's Youtube channel. |