Wooden table from Cedar Grove plantation
date: label: Date
content: mid 19th Century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A wooden table used at Cedar Grove plantation in Edgefield County, South Carolina. The four-legged table is made of yellow pine. The table top consists of three (3) machine-milled boards finished with scrub plane on the underside and with a cabinetmaker's plane on the top side. The boards are joined with full-length tongue and groove joints, and the top is nailed to the apron. The four legs are a tapered square shape and are attached to the apron with a half-haunched offset split double mortise and tenon construction. The stretchers nailed around the outside of the legs are a later addition and are made from red oak.
place: label: Place made
content: Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Virginia L. Burns and William Lowish in memory of Donna Gilbert Lowish
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2008.1
objectType: label: Type
content: tables (support furniture)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: yellow pine, red oak, and iron nails
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 28 × 67 1/2 × 48 in., 107 lb. (71.1 × 171.5 × 121.9 cm, 48.5 kg)