Dining table
Date1760-1780
OriginAmerica, New York
MediumMahogany, ash, tulip poplar and red pine.
DimensionsOH: 29"; OW (leaves closed): 21 1/2"; OW (leaves open): 60 3/4"; OD: 60"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1959-382
DescriptionDining table: flat, rectangular top with two rectangular leaves; skirt, straight on sides; ogee shaped at either end; single, deep drawer at one end, molded on outside edge of front face; 6 cabriole legs terminating in ball and claw feet; one leg on each side swings out to support leaf.Woods: Primary: mahogany; Secondary: gates, ash; frame and drawer bottom, tulip poplar; drawer sides and back, red pine.
Inscribed"O P" in chalk under right leaf; "i P" in chalk on back of drawer; "78 1/2" and "P" in chalk under left leaf.
ProvenanceAccording to family history this table was said to have been made in New England in 1751 for the Swaine family of Providence and Bristol, Rhode Island, and in 1817 came into the possession of John McLoughlin of Danbury, Connecticut, who married May Swaine. From them it descended to Gregory van S. McLoughlin, father of E. Kathleen Cumerford McLoughlin who sold it at auction at Parke Bernet Galleries in November, 1959. Despite the family history, this table appears to be a New York rather than New England product based on the woods, design of the feet, and the use of six legs. McLoughlin family members did live in the greater New York City area during the mid to late19th and early 20th centuries.
1715-1740
ca. 1765
Ca. 1725
ca. 1765
ca. 1765
ca. 1760
1765-1790
Ca. 1750
ca. 1775
1750-1770
C. 1750
ca. 1770