summer-tree

In some cases the oak summer-tree was smoothed and left bare, with a capital cut on the supporting posts; generally, hereabouts, it was covered with plain boards, -- it may be, in the best room, with panels.

The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 Various

Where was the beautiful green summer-tree hung with crimson fruit?

The Faery Tales of Weir Anna McClure Sholl

But little decoration was seen overhead, even in the form of chandeliers; sometimes a candle beam bore a score of candles, or in some fine houses, such as the Storer mansion in Boston, great ornamental globes of glass hung from the summer-tree.

Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881

The ceilings usually exposed to view the great summer-tree and cross rafters, sometimes rough-hewn and still showing the marks of the woodman's axe.

Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881