Description:
Late Federal mahogany veneer stand bearing label of John Creagh of Springfield, Massachusetts, on the bottom drawer. The knobs are mahogany, the knob screws are birch, the proper left rear leg (replaced), drawer sides and table top are yellow-poplar, the drawer fronts are white pine. The three original legs are basswood. Historic Deerfield owns a John Creagh bill head, HD 2018.1. It is possible that John Creagh was born in Cork, Ireland and immigrated to Springfield, MA.

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