Table

American
ca. 1750

During the Encampment, the kitchen facilities were shared by the Stephens family and Varnumn's staff. It was the busiest room in the house, used for cooking, eating, and as a workroom, especially in winter. At least ten people, including the Stephens family and the military staff, would have dined in the kitchen, so the room holds two tables. This table would have doubled as a dining table and as a work surface for Elizabeth Stephens while she prepared meals. Only the brass pulls on the drawers are reproductions.

Walnut, poplar, brass. L 133.9, W 83.8, H cm
Valley Forge National Historical Park, VAFO 1902

On loan from the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution