Pembroke table

Dateca. 1770

MediumCherry and tulip poplar

DimensionsOH 28 1/2" OW 30 1/4" OD (leaves down) 20 1/4 OD (leaves up) 41 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1964-237

DescriptionFlat, rectangular top, with a pair of rectangular leaves, one at each side; each leaf has two outside corners clipped off; straight skirt on all four sides; single drawer on one end, the drawer face plain except for narrow rectangular line running around outside edge; brass bail pull with two circular backplates at center of drawer (pull original); small, shaped, hinged flaps swing out from each side to support leaves; four straight legs, square in section, chamfered on inner edge; legs braced by broad , flat stretchers arranged in X pattern, the stretchers embellished with eight, lobed cutouts.

Woods: Cherry gates and outer side of skirts; Tulip drawer linings and inner side of skirts.
Inscribed"200" written twice in ink on drawer bottoms
ProvenanceExact family history not known. Descended in a branch of the Glen-Sanders family of Scotia from New York until 1964