Tilt-top table/firescreen, 1740-1770
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Pennsylvania
Walnut and metal hardware; H. 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm), Diam. with the grain 30 in. (76.2 cm), Diam. across the grain 11 1/2 in. (29.4 cm), span of feet 19 in. (48.3 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 56.221 
This tripod stand serves the dual function of a firescreen, when the top is vertical, and a small worktable, when the top is horizontal.
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