Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
China table
Object Number:
1947.7
Date:
1750-1790
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 31 x 22 in. ( 63.5 x 78.7 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Queen Anne china table; rectangular tray-top with molded sides and convex inner edge, the curved sides with scalloped skirt; raised on cabriole legs ending in pad feet.
Gallery Label:
This table was owned in the Holly and Hawley families of Stamford, Connecticut.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot
Provenance:
Once owned by Mary Stiles Holly (1797-1875) of Stamford, Connecticut, wife of Charles M. Hawley (1792-1866); to their daughter Elizabeth King Hawley (1833-1926); to her daughter Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
