Pembroke Empire Drop-leaf Table
Unknown Maker (probably Massachusetts or New Hampshire), American, 19th century
about 1820
Mahogany, maple, and birch
Overall: 29 3/4 × 47 7/8 × 29 3/4 in. (75.6 × 121.6 × 75.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Edwin Webster Sanborn, Class of 1878
F.928.18.6
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Furniture: Table
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Exhibition History
American Decorative Arts at Dartmouth, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 10 - March 1, 1981.
Publication History
Margaret J. Moody, American Decorative Arts at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: The Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1981, page 43.
Provenance
Originally owned by the Sanborn family of Salisbury, New Hampshire; Edwin Webster Sanborn [1857-1928], New York, New York; bequeathed to present collection, 1928.
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