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Small oriental rug with red, blue, black and cream colors. Geometric design.

Persian Karaja Rug with some wear. Sept. 1989

Persian Karaja Rug with some wear. Sept. 1989

This walnut tea table is English and has an oak block under the tilt top. Queen Anne style with pad feet. In 1773 the Charleston SC cabinet maker Thomas Elfe's shop charged L 2.5 for a "new pillar (shaft) to a tea table". Although this tea table or…

This walnut candlestand, dish topped, circa 1770-1790, is American and could equally be called a "snap table", as this term has been seen in inventories in the South. This table has no birdcage and has had 2 different latches on the top. The…

This lift top card table, Hepplewhite Style, is twentieth century. Others of this same unknown manufactory have been seen in the South (There is an urn medallion inlay on the apron of the table. Tapered legs have stringing inlay.)

This walnut fire screen, circa 1820, was probably made locally. The shape of the shaft would place its manufacture date as 1810-1820. The legs are very fine, as is the shaft. The adjustable screen should have the plywood removed. Screen appears…

Primitive table called the Communion table. Very primitive. It is said to have been used in downstairs when Col. Ramsey held Presbyterian meetings. It was also used in "Church in the Forks of River" Presbyterian church. This plain table of the…

This walnut card table is circa 1830. It is a white pine bottom and may have been make in the Tennessee area. The table is an unsophisticated version of a city example. The apron is too deep. The top turns to reveal an inner compartment for…

This table, the end of a dining table, is circa 1810-1815. It has a drop-leaf and was part of a three-part dining table. This example is southern and probably Tennessee, as it is cherry with yellow pine frame and blocks. The corner type is "round…