Drop-leaf dining table

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This dining table consists of two demi-lune sections, each with a hinged leg to support a rectangular drop leaf. When fully assembled, the table could comfortably accommodate eight chairs.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art