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THoM Product # 40039 - Queen Anne Tea Table

Catalog Description: A truly beautiful miniature of a highly prized antique. Also known as a Tray-Top Table because the deep molded top edge gives it a tray-like appearance. 2 3/8"h x 3"w x 1 5/8"d.

Circa: 1740-1750

Style: Queen Anne

Period: Colonial

Design © 1978

This was a very popular design in its period and as an antique is highly prized today. Versions of this table have been reproduced almost continually since the inception of the design and are listed in current catalogs of many furniture manufacturers. It is also referred to as a Tray-Top Table due to the deep molded top edge which gives it a tray like appearance. Although it was primarily used as a Tea Table many other uses were found for it in the colonial time. Its graceful cabriole legs were either left plain or were decorated with shell carvings on the knees. The skirt was either plain, or molded as in our version. Other versions also had a scroll valanced lower edge. Pull out candle shelves at each end are found on some, and some very rare versions had a shallow drawer on the side. The English versions were almost exclusively constructed of mahogany, while walnut and curly maple were widely used here.

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