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This sophisticated little table represents a rare continuum of the tradition of the tilt-top stand that was introduced in the middle of the eighteenth century. A dual function as table and candlestand is suggested by the fact that the tilting surface is veneered and cross-banded on both sides. Derived from the card table, the form of the Bayou Bend stand is ingenious in the introduction of a three-part lyre that conforms to the tripod lower section. Brass stringing along the base and brass rods in the lyre complete the composition.
Technical notes: Mahogany, mahogany veneer; yellow poplar (base), brass.
Related Examples: A very similar example, which the owner thinks might have been made in Albany, is in a private New York City collection; also, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, sale 3981, April 27–30, 1977, lot 931.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
Provenance[Israel Sack, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1970.
Published References Warren, David B. "A Great Texas Collection of Americana: The Bayou Bend Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston." The Connoisseur 178 (September 1971), p. 48, fig. 19; Warren, David B. Bayou Bend: American Furniture, Paintings and Silver from the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1975, p. 98, no. 187; American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection. Vols. 1−10. Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1969−92, vol. 3, p. 661, no. 473. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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