Tilt-top Tea Table

This unusual tilt-top tea table introduces complexity into the story of Corbit furnishings and their impact on understanding furniture-making in the Odessa area.  Heirs of Sara Corbit Levis, daughter of William Corbit, owned the table, leading historian John Sweeney to suggest that it might have been the “Round Table in Parlor” valued at $4.00 in the 1845 division of furniture and furnishings between David Corbit and his sister Sarah Corbit Spruance. The table raises questions about where it was likely made and how it acquired its provenance.