Pembroke Table
Period1790 - 1815
MediumWalnut and poplar
DimensionsWith leaves down: 27.5 × 20.5 × 30 in. (69.9 × 52.1 × 76.2 cm)
Other (With leaves up): 36.75 in. (93.3 cm)
Other (With leaves up): 36.75 in. (93.3 cm)
ClassificationsTables and Stands
Credit LineMuseum Purchase in part with funds donated by Edward N. King, Jr., 2015
Object number2015.17.3
DescriptionA pembroke or breakfast table with a single drawer, four tapered legs that are chamfered on their interior faces, and thin, solid cross stretchers. Narrow moldings applied along the bottom edge of both end rails wrap around to the outer face of the legs. Two rectangular folding leaves are supported by one shaped bracket support on each side that swings out. The shallow drawer, which has a delicate bead around all four edges of its front, retains its original brass bail and two small circular backplates.NotesA cluster of identical pembroke tables has been observed among the old families of the Freehold area, Monmouth County. Details shared in common include cross stretchers, typical local drawer construction where the top edge of the sides stops short of the rear surface of the drawer and the drawer back is dominant in extending to its side surfaces, the use of small dovetails, and an excessive number of glue blocks on the drawer bottoms. These tables are another example of work by a presently unidentified cabinetmaker from the Freehold area.
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ProvenanceFrom the Conover Farm formerly located on Conover Road in Colts Neck, Monmouth County. Owned by Daniel D. Conover (1800 - 1867); to his son Garret Vanderveer Conover (1838 - 1935); to his son Samuel Webster Conover (1866 - 1950); to his son Walter Hopping Conover (1895 - 1976); to his son William H. Conover (1921 - 2014); purchased by the Association at the sale of the William H. Conover estate held on 12 December 2015 by Sunrise Antiques, Chesterfield, NJ.
