CultureEnglish
Titles
- Pair of Pier Tables
Date1770 or later
Probable placeLondon, England
MediumBeech; spruce (secondary wood) and gilding
Dimensions.1: 35 7/8 × 55 1/2 × 23 3/8 in. (91.2 × 141 × 59.4 cm)
.2: 36 × 52 × 23 1/2 in. (91.4 × 132.1 × 59.7 cm)
.2: 36 × 52 × 23 1/2 in. (91.4 × 132.1 × 59.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number94.1086.1,.2
Not on view
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Department
RienziObject Type
Aspinall, London, 1966; (Hotspur, Ltd., London); Mr. and Mrs. Harris
Masterson III, 1976; MFAH, 1994.
Exhibition History"Neoclassicism: A Taste for the Antique, 1720-1790," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, March 20-May 30, 2011.
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c. 1770
Walnut veneer; marquetry of tulipwood, elm, rosewood, and calamander; secondary woods: mahogany, red pine group, spruce, white oak group; and ormolu
96.1238
Robert Adam
Commissioned 1764, made 1765
Limewood, pine, beech and gilding with later silk upholstery
2014.810
c. 1785–1815
Ash; painted and gilded, composition decoration; original linen and horsehair foundation; gilded brass tacks; and modern silk cover
B.91.51
