DepartmentHispano

Table

NameTable

CultureNuevomexicano

Dateearly 19th century

Place madeNew Mexico, United States, North America

MediumLocal pine

DimensionsOverall: 23 1/4 x 46 3/4 x 25 3/8 in. (59.055 x 118.745 x 64.4525 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Museum Purchase from SAR, A7.1949.29

Object numberA7.1949.29

ProvenanceGifts of Mrs. Cyrus McCormick to then School of American Research (SAR), from SAR by agreement to MOIFA in 1976.

DescriptionLocal pine, squared and planed frame with curves and beading, construction mortice and tenon with dowels. Legs turn to round knobs at feet. Long sides had 4 spindles turned on a lathe and two more at each end. Placement of rails holding spindles is typical of New Mexican colonial pieces such as tables and chairs; makers put rails on two opposite sides higher, or lower, than rails on other sides as they did not understand how to make mortice and tenon joins small enough to acommodate two rails at the same level in one upright post of frame. Top has one hand shaped wide board with two narrow boards on outer edges of long sides. If these were repairs or replacements they also of hand shaped pine and of same thickness as central board.