Oval table with falling leaves, 1690–1720, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Black walnut, white pine, 29 3/4 x 74 1/2 x 71 in. (75.6 x 189.2 x 180.3 cm), Furniture, This spectacular walnut table is as fine as any made in colonial America. Its multiple turned legs and gate-like supports create a virtual forest of baluster turnings. In stark contrast to the rectilinearity of seventeenth-century tables, the gentle elliptical curve of its top invited conviviality and conversation among those seated around it
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Oval table, falling leaves, 1690–1720, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Black walnut, white pine, 29 3/4 x 74 1/2 71, 75.6 189.2 180.3 cm, Furniture, spectacular, walnut, table, fine, any, colonial America, multiple turned, legs, gate, supports create, virtual forest, baluster turnings, stark contrast, rectilinearity, seventeenth-century tables, gentle elliptical, curve, top invited, conviviality, conversation, seated
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