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Dining Table

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rectangular wooden table with flat top, straight edges, and rounded corners; tabletop made of light-colored wood with darker wood on edges; table base made of darker wood with two legs on each long side connected by flat feet; each leg made of one thick vertical piece tapering slightly from top to bottom and one horizontal piece across bottom; tabletop supported on each long side by two half-moon shaped corbels; gray background wall and floor.

Artwork details

Date:
1800–1825
Medium:
Pine, maple, basswood
Culture:
American, Shaker
Dimensions:
599 × 411 px
Museum record:
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