Dining Table
The urn-shaped uprights and slightly arched shoes on this trestle-type Shaker dining table from the Enfield, Connecticut community indicate early nineteenth-century construction. Nail-applied end cleats, pleasing to the eye, serve important functional purposes discouraging both excessive warping and separation of the two-board table top. This rather short dining table was made to accommodate four people, quite possibly the elders who led the Enfield community and ate separately from the rest of the Believers.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dining Table
- Maker: United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) (American, active ca. 1750–present)
- Date: 1800–1825
- Geography: Made in Enfield, Connecticut, United States
- Culture: American, Shaker
- Medium: Maple, ash
- Dimensions: 24 1/8 x 50 x 27 in. (61.3 x 127 x 68.6 cm)
- Credit Line: Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1966
- Object Number: 66.10.3
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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