Gate-leg Table

From the collections of PVMA • Digital image © Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. • Image use information

About this item

This table could accommodate larger numbers of people around it by swinging out elaborately turned “gate legs” to hold up two hinged drop leaves. To save space, the owner could lower the leaves when not in use. Making a table like this required the tools and skills of at least two craftspeople: a turner to “turn” the legs on a lathe, and a joiner to make the remainder of the pieces and “join” all of them together.

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Details

Item typeFurniture
CreatorUnidentified
Date1680–1720
TopicHome Life, Household Items, Furniture
Industry, Occupation, Work
EraColonial settlement, 1620–1762
MaterialWood
Process/FormatWoodworking
Catalog #L.300
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Unidentified. Gate-leg Table. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l-300/. Accessed on December 5, 2024.

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