Side Table with Drawer

Date1700-1725

OriginAmerica, South Carolina (possibly)

MediumWalnut, tulip drawer, and yellow pine

DimensionsOH: 28 1/8"; OW: 33"; OD: 23 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1930-146

DescriptionSide table with drawer. Flat, rectangular top, composed of two boards, with molded edge; straight skirt except for quarter-circle extensions at each corner on front and sides; applied bead molding nailed to lower edge of skirt on front and sides; single drawer with molded edge and central wood pull, in front skirt; four blocked and baluster turned legs terminating in small, flattened ball feet; legs braced by five stretchers, one each at front and back midway down leg; side and medial stretchers near feet; all stretchers are blocked and baluster turned, with an unusual long member, square in section, at center.

Woods: Primary wood is walnut with tulip drawer sides and bottom, and Southern yellow pine drawer back (possibly not original), back skirt of table, and medial brace beneath drawer.
MarkingsModern label inside drawer which reads: "Virginia Museum of Fine Arts/L58-51-158/Stretcher Table/Col. Williamsburg."