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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…

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 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 three-legged table is circa 1800. It is an English table. The term "cricket table" is often used to describe this form. Cricket is an English game that has been played since the 16th century. The table top is of fine oak boards. 4/2022: "C…

These two side chairs are Chippendale and circa 1770. The origin of these two mahogany side chairs is difficult to place. The presence of white pine for an original corner block would, for the period of these chairs, place them on the coast. With…

This English, two chairback, settee is probably late nineteenth century or possibly early twentieth century manufacture, and is of the Queen Anne to early Georgian style. The secondary wood is oak and the primary wood is mahogany. Carved knees with…

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

These reproduction Windsor chairs were made by the "Virginia Craftsmen" of Harrisonburg, Virginia. The style of these chairs is circa 1770-1790 Philadelphia. They are well made and have a blue green color.

This rack for blanket or towels is circa 1800. It is a walnut rack and American in origin. It seems they occur more in Germanic areas than elsewhere. It has three racks for towels.
4/2023 Wood rack with 3 rungs. dark brown color. rungs have 6…

“12 triangles” this quilt follows an early Tennessee pattern of 1830. Hand Dyed by Dr. James Liles of UT, to show the variety and brightness available at the time the Ramseys lived here. Nuts, weeds, flowers, tree bark and onions made the colors.…