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
stain on wood with paint , steel and ink on pressure-sensitive tape
Dimensions
H x W x D: 29 × 21 3/4 × 21 5/8 in. (73.7 × 55.2 × 54.9 cm)
Description
A side table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The medium brown finished wooden table is narrow with a small, square top, turned legs, and a square-shaped shelf at the bottom connected to all four legs. The tabletop is plain. There is a small area of ring stain damage in the bottom left corner. Adhered to the surface in the same area is a white adhesive label with handwritten black ink the reads [TABLE / RR]. The tabletop is supported by a short square skirt that has two support bars at the center. The four legs inset and attached the support bars. The wooden legs are turned, fluted, and taper slightly outwards. The bottom shelf rests on two diagonally crossed bars that attach to the legs. The bottom shelf is plain.
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
side 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
2011.12.23
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50ac83d21-81c6-41a9-8bb1-267e8616bc69

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