Pair of Hepplewhite Inlaid Mahogany Demilune Tables

Circa 1800, mahogany veneer, white pine secondary, single board top, conforming skirt with line inlays, straight legs with repeating line inlay to top of stiles.

28 x 52 x 25 in.

From the Historic Collection of Limestone University, Gaffney, South Carolina
Limestone College, now Limestone University, was founded in 1845 in Gaffney, South Carolina, by English-born Baptist minister Dr. Thomas Curtis and his son William. Originally established as the Limestone Springs Female High School, it was among the first women’s colleges in the nation and the very first in the state. The institution found its early roots in a former resort hotel near healing springs, later struggling due to the Civil War and Reconstruction. It revived in 1881 as the Cooper‑Limestone Institute, thanks to benefaction from industrialist Peter Cooper, and adopted the name Limestone College.

Once part of a banquet table, now used as two tables and can be combined as a circular table; tops with old gouges and surface wear; one table with break and repairs to both front legs near skirt; the other table with reset front left leg.