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.
Walnut and Mahogany veneer, horsehair stuffing. V-Backed Louis XV with hour-glass vertical splat connected to horizontal scalloped splat. Crest has finger hole with craved scroll-like carving. Apron or skirt is striaght across bottom; serpentine front. Seat-cyma-curved sides, serpenine front. Cabriole
Mahogany veneered night stand with a gray marble top, bull-nosed edges and rounded corners. Three inch skirt has an ogee curve on all sides with a wide centered drawer and a small brass knob drawer pull. Skirt surmounts two horizontal beads of trim above an ogee crest and sides that form the frame of the cabinet with a centered side-hinged door. The small brass knob pull is missing. The wide base apron is surmounted with cockbeaded trim and at the base are four beveled carved trimmings around the feet that terminate in casters.
Hepplewhite Pembrook Oval Table. Two drop leaves, when opened, are supported by pivoted shaped brackets. End skirts are straight with one containing a full-width drawer. The four slender tapering legs have satinwood inlay at the upper end.
Fixed leaf top table with serpentine drop leaves at each sides. Beaded molding on both skirts with drawer on one side. Brass molded handle plate with dogwood blossom decoration, bail handle. Legs are reeded with bun foot.
American Empire card table has a two-leaf fold-over top with round corners that pivots on and is supported by the skirt when unfolded. Skirt is crotch-grained veneered with acanthus carvings at the center and corners. The center of the turned pedestal has four carved acanthus leaves surmounting a shaped plinth supported by four carved paws topped with with acanthus leaves terminating on casters.
Open top has fair amount of discoloration, possible from water damage. Base has chipped veneer.
Object ID
W.1938.007.001
Notes
Purchased at Janet Coyle (Mrs. John) public sale; original owner, Robert E. Pattison, Governor of PA (January 1891 - January 1895), Mrs. Coyle's great grandfather.
Place of Origin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
One-half of an American Empire mahogany part dining table. Two rectangular table tops with rounded outer corners hinged at the center. Drop leaf's outer edge has tenons to connect to the mortises on the matching part dining table. Apron features a bead along bottom edge with a low-relief foliate carving on front corners. Pedestal is undecorated except at base with a carved foliate wreath on the shaped plinth supported by four animal paws capped with acanthus leaves terminating with brass casters.
Two part gate leg (drop leaf) tables with metal hardware for adjoining two tables. Table top edge is slightly rounded. Legs are carved into a twist. Foot is ball shaped.
Table with oval serpentine top with carved apron. White and grey shaped marble top. Four carved 's' shaped legs jointed by four carved rungs to center piece.
Massive dresser with two long drawers under first shelf and two oval-shaped drawers under top shelf. Brass fittings on drawers. Brass sconces- one side for single candles. Mirror mounted on swivel. Marble top.
