Tilt top table

Jonathan Gavet (1731–1806)

about 1784

Object PlaceSalem, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniqueMahogany

DimensionsOverall: 66.7 x 58.4 x 43.8 cm (26 1/4 x 23 x 17 1/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Ropes

Accession numberRES.18.2

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ClassificationsFurniture

Collections

Americas

InscriptionsPaper tacked to square pine block reads in ink: "This stand was bought / of Jonathan Gavet Dec 15th / 1784 by my Grandfather, / Thomas Holmes. Cost [pound sign] 1.8.0 / Joseph Ropes, / Salem Ap. 7, 1890." In pencil on the same label: "App. 18"

ProvenanceBy 1890, owned by Thomas Holmes, Salem, Massachusetts; bby descent to his son, Joseph L. Ropes; by descent to the donor, Joseph A. Ropes, who presented it to the Museum in 1918 (Accession Date January 3, 1918)