Small Cherry and Maple Gate-leg Table

Description:

Small Cherry and Maple Gate-leg Table, possibly Connecticut, early 18th century, the oval drop-leaf top on turned base with drawer, (restored),ht. 24 3/4, wd. open 43 1/2, dp. 36 1/2 in.

Note: Written in pencil on a drawer side is the following partial history of the table: "The so called '1000 legged' table, really a gate-leg table came from the Captain Charles Churchill house in Newington and was given to me sometime in the 'eighties' as I recollected by my cousin Mary Churchill - It came into the family through the second wife of her grandfather Solomob Churchill. This second wife was Deming -." According to an article affixed to the bottom of the drawer, Captain Charles Churchill, born in 1723, was "an early Newington worthy." He was descended from Josiah Churchill, was a patriot throughout the Revolutionary War, and was deacon of the Newington Congregational Church from 1786 until his death 1802. The c. 1750-60 Churchill House in Newington was demolished in the 20th century, but the scrolled broken pediment doorway from the mansion was salvaged and resides in the collection of Wethersfield Historical Society.
Estimate $800-1,200

top replaced, one foot replaced, drawer a 19th century addition.

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