Description:
Drop-leaf table with square-shaped top possibly by the Munn Family of woodworkers of Deerfield, Massachusetts. The top is composed of a single board, which is secured to the frame or rails with eight wooden pins. Each of the leaves is composed of two boards, which are attached to the top with metal hinges, and feature unique scallop-shaped corners. Rule joints on the hinged edges allow the table top and leaves to open and form a flat, continuous surface. The two swing legs open out to support the leaves, and are tenoned and pinned to the swing hinge rail. The two stationary legs are tenoned and pinned to the fixed hinge rail as well as to the end rail. The end rail is cut with an arch that is square in shape with ovolo corners. The turned legs terminate in pad feet, two of which are damaged. The scalloped top concept, which began in Wethersfield, Connecticut in the 1750s, migrated up the Connecticut River Valley to the Northampton-Hatfield-Deerfield region of western Massachusetts, where other variants in this "style" were made into the first years of the nineteenth century.
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