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Figure 1 Map of the lower Rappahannock River basin.

Figure 2 Card table, Ireland, ca. 1760. Mahogany with deal. H. 29", W. 33", D. 17 1/2". (Courtesy, Malahide Castle, Ron and Doreen McDonnell Collection; photo, Gavin Ashworth.)

Figure 3 Detail of a foot on the card table illustrated in fig. 2. (Photo, Gavin Ashworth.)

Figure 4 Side chair, lower Rappahannock River basin, Virginia, 1760–1775. Cherry. H. 37 3/8",
W. 21 1/2", D. 17 3/4". (Private collection; photo, Hans Lorenz.)

Figure 5 Detail of a foot on the side chair illustrated in fig. 4.

Figure 6 Side chair, lower Rappahannock River basin, Virginia, 1760–1775. Cherry. H. 37 1/2", W. 21 1/2", D. 18". (Private collection; photo, Hans Lorenz.)

Figure 7 Detail of a foot on the side chair illustrated in fig. 6.

Figure 8 Corner chair, lower Rappahannock River basin, Virginia, 1760–1775. Cherry with yellow pine. H. 35 5/8". (Private collection; photo, Hans Lorenz.)

Figure 9 Game table, Ireland, ca. 1750. Mahogany with deal and oak. H. 27", W. 31", D. 21 3/8". (Courtesy, Glin Castle Collection; photo, Gavin Ashworth.) The table is shown without its reversable top.

Figure 10 Detail of a foot on the game table illustrated in fig. 9. (Photo, Gavin Ashworth.)

Figure 11 Writing or dressing table, lower Rappahannock River basin, Virginia, 1760–1775. Cherry with yellow pine. H. 28 3/8", W. 35 1/4",
D. 19 1/2". (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; photo, Hans Lorenz.)

Figure 12 Detail of a knee block from the table illustrated in fig. 11.

Figure 13 Tea table with drawer, Ireland, 1750–1765. Mahogany with deal and oak. H. 28 5/8", W. 32", D. 20 3/8". (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; photo, Hans Lorenz.)

Figure 14 Detail of a carved knee from the table illustrated in fig. 13.

Figure 15 Detail of a carved knee from the table illustrated in fig. 11.

Figure 16 Base of a high chest of drawers, Rappahannock River basin, Virginia, 1745–1760. Black walnut with yellow pine. H. 31", W. 41 1/2", D. 23". (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; photo, Hans Lorenz.)

Figure 17 Dressing table, Rappahannock River basin, Virginia, 1745–1760. Black walnut with yellow pine. H. 28 1/2", W. 29 7/8", D. 20 7/8". (Collection of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Douglas, III.)

Figure 18 Tea table, Rappahannock River basin, Virginia, 1745–1760. Woods and dimensions not recorded. (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; photo, J. K. Beard collection, ca. 1935.)

Figure 19 Tea table, Ireland, 1740–1770. Mahogany with deal. Dimensions not recorded. (Private collection; courtesy, Glin Castle Irish Furniture Archive.)

Figure 20 Tea table, Rappahannock River basin, 1755–1770. Black walnut. H. 28 1/2", W. 38 1/4",
D. 22 3/4". (Private collection; photo, Hans Lorenz.)

Figure 21 Tea table, Rappahannock River basin, 1755–1770. Black walnut. H. 29", W. 38 3/4",
D. 23 5/8". (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.)

Figure 22 Tea table, Ireland, 1735–1750. European walnut with deal and other woods. Dimensions not recorded. (Private collection; courtesy, Glin Castle Irish Furniture Archive.) This table was found at Newbridge, County Dublin.

Figure 23 Detail of an end rail from the tea table illustrated in fig. 20.

Figure 24 Tea table, Ireland, 1750–1760. Mahogany. H. 30", W. 30", D. 21". (Courtesy, Malahide Castle, Ron and Doreen McDonnell Collection; photo, Gavin Ashworth.)

Figure 25 Detail of a corner on the top of the tea table illustrated in fig. 24. (Photo, Gavin Ashworth.)

Figure 26 Detail of a corner on the top of the tea table illustrated in fig. 20.

Figure 27 Dining table, Rappahannock River basin, 1755–1770. Black walnut with yellow pine. H. 29 1/4", W. 44 3/4", D. (closed) 17", D. 46 1/8" (open). (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; photo, Hans Lorenz.)

Figure 28 Detail of an end rail from the dining table illustrated in fig. 27.

Figure 29 Dining table, Rappahannock River basin, 1755–1770. Black walnut with yellow pine. H. 28 1/2". (Private collection; photo, Gavin Ashworth.) The top is replaced.

Figure 30 Tea table, Rappahannock River basin, 1750–1760. Mahogany. H. 26 1/2", W. 24", D. 16 1/2" (all dimensions are from the frame). (Private collection; photo, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts.) The top is replaced.

Figure 31 Side chair, Rappahannock River basin, 1745–1760. Black walnut. H. 39". (Private collection; photo, Antiques 61, no. 1 [January 1952]: 66, fig. 48.)

Figure 32 Chest on stand, Rappahannock River basin, 1750–1765. Black walnut with yellow pine, tulip poplar, and oak. H. 46 1/2", W. 50 5/8", D. 20 1/8". (Private collection; photo, Gavin Ashworth.)

Figure 33 Chest on stand, Ireland, 1740–1760. Mahogany. H. 41", W. 47", D. 25". (Private collection; courtesy, Sotheby’s.)

Figure 34 Chest on stand, Ireland, 1740–1760. Mahogany. H. 39", W. 51", D. 35". (Private collection; courtesy, Sotheby’s.)

Figure 35 Writing table and bookcase, Ireland, 1740–1760. Mahogany with oak. H. 83 1/4",
W. 34 3/4", D. 30". (Courtesy, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, gift of Hiram J. Halle; photo, Hans Lorenz.)

Figure 36 Armchair, Rappahannock River basin, ca. 1765. Mahogany with white pine (by microanalysis). Dimensions not recorded. The splat is an old replacement. (Private collection; photo, Gavin Ashworth.)

Figure 37 Card table, Ireland, 1750–1765. Mahogany. Dimensions not recorded. (Private collection; courtesy, Glin Castle Irish Furniture Archive.)

Figure 38 Detail of the front rail carving on the card table illustrated in fig. 37.

Figure 39 Detail of the front apron carving on the armchair illustrated in fig. 36.