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| Figure 24 Oval table with falling leaves, New York, 1720–1750. Red gum. H. 28 1/4"; top: 33" x 39 1/2" (open). This trestle-base table with flat gates differs from the two other illustrated examples in that its turned uprights are tenoned up into a cross piece at the top rather than dovetailed to a thick board. The severe warp in the top is typical of flat-sawn red gum, a notoriously unstable wood. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.) |