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The manner in which the top of this table is attached to its frame—by dovetailing cleats to the underside of the top and securing them to the end rails—is a northern European method of construction that is associated in American furniture primarily with craftsmen of Germanic background working in Pennsylvania.
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Title: Table
Date: 1690–1720
Geography: Made in Pennsylvania, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Walnut
Dimensions: 29 x 31 3/4 x 19 in. (73.7 x 80.6 x 48.3 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1951
Object Number: 52.77.52
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