This circa 1820-1830 work table, as tables of this type were known, is called by a general term which might be subdivided into sewing, writing and other functions. This specific example is probably a Tennessee example in the taste of New York,…
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 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 tea tray is mahogany and circa 1850-1870. With its three feet, screws, and shell-like handles it can be given a date of manufacture of the second half of the nineteenth century. Handles are carved with large flutes. The rim is scalloped and…
Red and white cotton fibers with pictures of historic homes and buildings of Knoxville. Knoxville Courthouse in center, with Knoxville Tennessee, founded 1791 in a banner below.
possibly modern quilt of bright green edges and multi color flowers. Part of our Orphans collection that was discovered this March during our Piecing together History event. 2023