Drop Leaf Breakfast table Maker: Unknown

1825–50

American Decorative Arts

Not on view
Medium

Mahogany, mahogany veneer; eastern white pine (end and inner side rails), hard maple (hinged rails)

Dimensions

27 5/8 × 22 1/2 × 39 1/8 in. (70.2 × 57.2 × 99.4 cm)
open: 27 5/8 × 48 13/16 × 39 1/8 in. (70.2 × 124 × 99.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Glen Wright

Accession Number

1957.52.1

Geography

Probably made in New England

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Adelaide Hohorst Moss (1849–1885) and Frederick W. Moss (ca. 1845–1849–1905) by descent to their daughter Ethel Mary Moss Wright (Mrs. Glen Wright, 1876–1964), New York, by 1957; given to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1957

Sources: Ethel Mary Moss Wright 1900 United States Federal Census - AncestryLibrary.com

New York, New York, U.S., Death Index, 1949-1965 - AncestryLibrary.com

Frederick W. Moss 1900 United States Federal Census - AncestryLibrary.com

U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current - AncestryLibrary.com

Adelaide U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current - AncestryLibrary.com
Bibliography
  • David L. Barquist, Elisabeth Donaghy Garrett, and Gerald W. R. Ward, American Tables and Looking Glasses in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 162–63, no. 71, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

breakfast tables, dropleaf tables

Inscriptions

n.s.

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