Oval table with falling leaves

Oval table with falling leaves

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In its overall design, this table exemplifies the type of small oval tables with a trestle base characteristic of New England. The simple, slim turned frame makes for a very compact unit that is easy to store when not in use. On this example the top is only 9 ¼ inches wide when the leaves are down.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.