Table

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Table

Entry/Object ID

GHS 458

Description

Gateleg table. Primary wood: walnut; secondary woods: oak and pine. Large vase-and-ring turned legs and stretchers. Drawer and decorative shaped skirt at end of each center section. Table leaves and center connected with two iron hinges at each side.

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia Area (?CG), PA

Dimensions

Height

28-1/2 in

Width

60 in

Depth

56-5/8 in

Material

Walnut, Pine, Iron

Provenance

Notes

Site and Relic catalogue page 56. Accession #458: "Old walnut table used by Pennsylvania Pioneers." Table descended through John Ashmead family, John Ashmead was one of the first English settlers in Germantown. Dr. William Ashmead. Object donated by Mrs. William Ashmead Schaffer (Mary Logan), in 1915 or 1916.