HC&M: Mahogany Pembroke table with Guttae feet


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Name Mahogany Pembroke table with Guttae feet



















Catalog ID HCM3950
Year circa 1760-1800
Description Mahogany Pembroke-style table, very wide. Small loop-pulls on drawer and false-drawer. False-drawer front was an actual drawer front, with trimmed dovetails and cut for a lock. Secondary wood is possibly birds-eye maple, with rose-headed nails holding the drawer rails. Insect damage to maple, drawer side, and leaf support.

Block (guttae) feet with a flute on each side, leaving four sections per foot. Crude fretwork under the drawer. Brass pulls moved, but possibly original. Pulls on false-drawer appear to be modern. Missing castors.

The top and leaves show marks of a toothing plane on the undersides.

See Figure 94 in "Furniture of Williamsburg and Eastern Virginia 1710-1790".

Also see "tassel-foot" Virginia furniture, especially from Petersburg.

Questions:
Secondary wood (inside, supports, drawers)
Hole placement on false drawer also high?
Hardware: Hinges? Screws?

26.5x23x27.5 DxWxH, with 11" leaves (43"W open).
Added 2018-06-24 00:11:07 (updated 2022-11-29 21:27:20)
Dimensions 26.5x23x27.5