This table is circa 1820 and could be an end to a dining table. They have been called compass tables and "a side board rounding to fit the other (square table)". This could have been made as a "pier table" or "one to fit between two windows". At…
Mahogany, English late 18th century. Rauschenberg report states this stand has surface decoration of lobes that are crudely executed. Seven dished spaces for bowls with punch work decoration surrounding the dish tops. Scalloped and molded edge. Base…
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…
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…
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 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…
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 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…