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The square table is heavy and foursquare in the earlier seventeenth-century style, but it is also made of maple and has updated baluster turnings. Its apron and legs are enlivened by paint in imitation of the graining of expensive and exotic wood veneers.
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Title: Table
Date: 1680–1710
Geography: Probably made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Soft maple, eastern white pine, ash, red oak
Dimensions: 29 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 41 1/2 in. (74.9 x 100.3 x 105.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1949
Object Number: 49.155.1
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