Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Sinclair, Clayton, American
Sinclair, Hazel, American
Subject of
Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
Date
mid 20th century
Medium
varnish on wood with metal
Dimensions
H x W: 30 × 20 3/8 × 20 1/2 in. (76.2 × 51.8 × 52.1 cm)
Description
A wooden end table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The tall wooden table has a medium finish, four turned legs, and an octagonal tabletop with geometric, medium dark wood inlay designs. The table also has a small, deep set skirt and a small, octagonal shelf at the bottom connected to the four legs. The legs are squared at the top with rounded shapes and nodules carved into the top third of the legs. Below the bottom squared elements, the legs they are plain and taper inward towards turned feet. The open shelf near the base of the table is octagonal in shape with rounded cutouts where the legs are attached to the shelf with round head screws. At the center of the tabletop is a large, inlaid diamond shape surrounded by inlaid acute angles, hexagons, and smaller diamond shapes. The open shelf below also features a large, inlaid diamond shape at the center with four spokes extending from each side of the diamond and stretching towards each chair leg. There are smaller diamond shaped between the spokes. The underside of the open shelf is unvarnished.
Place collected
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
Classification
Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
Type
end tables
Topic
Black Enterprise
Black interiors
Business
Recreation
Segregation
Travel
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
Object number
2011.12.11
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd559267ce4-b961-4c24-ad41-dbec38c8591d

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