17thc Jacobean Table with Splayed Legs

Furniture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

17thc Jacobean Table with Splayed Legs

Entry/Object ID

HM-92

Tags

Beauport

Description

16-17th c. Jacobean Table Oak English Gothic Trestle banded splayed legs Top with an inlaid gaming board that was added later. Repaired at some point. "Acquired by Henry Davis Sleeper (1878-1934) about 1907 and installed in 1908 in Beauport’s Medieval Hall (present-day China Trade Room). Photographed in situ in Beauport in December 1909 and again by Thomas Marr in 1910. Sold or gifted to JHH Jr in Summer of 1922 when HDS dismantled the Medieval Hall. Citation: “ ‘The Most Attractive Small House in New England’ on Gloucester Rocks,” Boston Herald Magazine, 26 December 1909: 25; Thomas Marr Photograph, Beauport Medieval Hall (Negative Nos. 17018 & 17019), Historic New England. [2025 P Hayden]"

Collection

Furniture

Acquisition

Accession

92

Made/Created

Place

Location

Possibly English

Notes

Date: ca. 17th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Table

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Support Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

General Notes

Note Type

1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (8)

Note Type

1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (9)

Note Type

1970 Guide Book to Tower 008

Note Type

2014-06-25 Christie's p(90) - torchiere pair & HM92 oak table w splayed legs

Note Type

1951 Tour Manual 002

Note Type

1969 Stained Glass article by C Witham

Note Type

2025 P Hayden HCM-Sleeper Objects List