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Drop-leaf Dining Table

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown wooden drop-leaf dining table with a drawer on one side. The table has a semicircular shape with a leaf in the middle, four cabriole legs with carved details at the top and paw feet at the bottom. A white vase with white flowers on top. The table is on a patterned rug with shades of brown, blue, and red, and a wooden floor in the background. The table by Healey.

Artwork details

Date:
1755–90
Medium:
Mahogany, tulip poplar, white pine
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 412 px
Museum record:
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