Museum Collections

Federal mahogany half-round table used in Federal Hall; solid mahogany top screwed to the frame rails from the inside; frame consists of a solid straight back rail, a medial brace, and a curved front rail composed of five horizontal laminates and veeered; four tapered legs, front legs joined saddle-fashion to rail and rear legs probably mortise-and-tenoned into rails, corner blocks glued and nailed into rear corners; plain inlay consisting of tri-partite banding with wider dark band between two narrow light bands on lower edge of front rail; four tenons on rear edge of top; brass plaque with inscription on front rail; legs broken off and repaired, patch on top.