Illustration [263] shows a Sheraton stand, called a “what-not,” made of mahogany, with reeded legs. The posts above the legs are veneered in bird’s-eye maple, and the two drawers are veneered in satinwood. The handles are of bone or ivory. The effect of this little stand is most airy and light. It belongs to Mr. Blaney.
Illustration [264] shows a mahogany dining-table and one of eight chairs which came from the John Hancock house in Boston.
Illus. 264.—Sheraton Dining-table and Chair, about 1810.
They are now owned by Clinton M. Dyer, Esq., of Worcester. They were made probably about 1810. The legs of the table end in the Adam foot.
Illus. 265.—Sheraton
Work-table, about 1800.
The table which has both leaves dropped shows the position of the legs when the table is not in use; each leg swings around to support the leaves when in use. The table with slightly rounded corners can be taken apart, and the extra table put between the two sections, the leaves being fastened together by a curious brass spring. Each leaf measures five and one-half feet in length. The drop leaves are twenty-six inches wide, and the table, when all the top is spread out, measures five and a half by twelve feet.
The chair is made after the style of the late Sheraton chairs, with carved drapery upon the back.
