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AMERICAN SCRUBBED PINE AND PAINTED WORK TABLE
Circa first half of the 19th century | with a single drawer and fall leaf | early green painted surface over traces of earlier maroon-red paint
Item # 307GOT29P
A delightful early 19th century work table, it features a single drop leaf that falls neatly behind the table over one original hinge (one replaced). Crafted out of several boards of scrubbed pine, there are trace remnants of a nearly maroon-red paint in crevices and along the edges, that paint heavily oxidized and perhaps the first surface. The table top is nailed to the frame with various applications of nails and screws as the table was quickly tightened up over the last two centuries.
The frame is a simple design, austere and devoid of any form of excess. The joints of the lateral elements are tenoned into the legs and locked firmly in place with small pegs, the front of the table set with a simple full width drawer devoid of even the slightest decoration. This is hung with a rather old and beautifully worn turned wooden knob, apparently not the first pull on the drawer as is evidenced by the flanking pair of tiny holes and ovular trace around the area suggestive of a more formal pull.
The single leaf that hangs along the back of the table is raised on a swinging bar that tucks into the frame, this firmly supporting the top when rotated out.
It is really quite a special thing to find a table with such a fantastic aged surface and simplicity of form. An absolute treasure.
Measurements: 27 1/4" H x 42 1/2" D x 42 1/8" W; 29 1/2" D when leaf is dropped;
Condition Report:
Green painted surface is early and heavily worn, not original, remnants of earlier red paint preserved throughout; top has been reaffixed many times with the addition of nails and still has some wiggle if you pull up on it; top has a splice at the front corner; one hinge is an old replacement; drawer wooden pull added, evidence of hardware visible (tiny holes, trace outline); feet very slightly reduced in height (bottoms shaved so that table would be level). .