Table
- Title:
- Tavern Table
- Object Name:
- Table
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 18thcentury
- Material:
- Pine
- Dimensions:
- H-4.75 L-21 Dia-7 inches
- Description:
- Rectangular tavern table, dating from the mid-18th century. Made out of pine, with dovetail construction. It has one apron drawer with a wood knob. It has bread board construction top, one wide, two narrow boards. Deep over hang top. Turned vase and block legs with perimeter simple stretchers. There is old 19th century blue buttermilk paint over earlier brown paint.
- Provenance:
- Believed to have belonged to Col. Joseph Cilley, original member of the NH Society of the Cincinnati. Now belongs to the Burley Homestead Trust, who are descendants of the Cilley family. The chairs and tavern table (also gifted to the museum) have been on loan and on display at the DAR Museum in Washington, D.C.
- Subjects:
- Furniture, Furnishings, Taverns, Kitchens, Military officers, Home life, Tables
- People:
- Cilley, Joseph
- Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire
- Collection Name:
- American Independence Museum
- Item Number:
- 2014.021
- Accession Number:
- 2014.021
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the American Independence Museum
- Credit Line:
- The Burley Homestead LLC, Louise B. Dale, and Nancy Chase.
- Participating Organization:
- American Independence Museum
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