Unknown American
Table

Table

Public Domain

Table
Maker
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Table
Datec. 1825–1835
Made inNew York , New York, United States
MediumRosewood veneer; eastern white pine, soft maple, marble, paint, and gilt
Dimensions28 5/8 × 29 3/4 in. diameter (72.7 × 75.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.67.40
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Chillman Parlor
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

The overall form of this small, multipurpose, tripod stand with a marble top is based on antique prototypes. Other references to antiquity—the turned Roman-inspired feet, the Egyptian-inspired lotus-shaped capitals of the columns, and the extensive use of black paint and gilt stenciled ornament, all features associated with the later phases of the Grecian style—are found in examples made in New York City.

Technical notes: Rosewood veneer; eastern white pine (inner apron rim, T-support, base), soft maple (columns, feet), marble, paint, gilt.

Related examples: Levy Gallery 1975, p. 48.

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[Peter Hill, Washington, D.C.]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1967; given to MFAH, 1967.

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