Oval top empire-style table with side skirt. Skirt has beaded top and bottom. Table divides to accomodate four leaves. Four-sided reeded central pillar with two turned feet underneath and four c-scrolled supports. Solid base with four radial, long legs w
Undocumented stories claim that this table was ordered by William Jenkins in 1828, the year he had the Wheatland mansion built, and that it has conveyed to each subsequent owner with the deed. The table dates from the first quarter of the nineteenth century and might attributed to the Bachman cabinetmakers.
Fackenthal Library, viewed from the back, at Franklin and Marshall College, and reservoir at Buchanan Park.
Provenance
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
