Florence Griswold Museum - Drop-Leaf Table

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Drop-Leaf Table

ca. 1810-1825
Early 19th Century
28 x 48 x 18 3/4 in.

Object Type: Furniture

Medium and Support: Mahogany

Credit Line: Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of John C. and Joan F. O'Brien

Accession Number: 2015.20

Table was accompanied by a display label with the price of the table and an original letter dated January 6, 1932, from Florence Griswold to Nella Granville O'Brien. Gift includes first hand documentation of the table's use by Florence Griswold's parents, Captain Robert Harper Griswold and his wife Helen Powers Griswold. Donor John C. O'Brien's grandmother Nella O'Brien and his aunt Julia O'Brien visited the Griswold House and purchased the table directly from Miss Florence as a gift to J. Cyril O'Brien and Ester Cullen O'brien on the occassion of their wedding in 1932.
The table is mahogany --Sheraton in style with slightly out turned legs, and appears to be of New York origin.

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