Stand

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Stand

Datec. 1785–1850

Made inConnecticut, United States

MediumBlack cherry and unidentified inlay; eastern white pine and cherry

Dimensions27 7/8 × 16 1/2 × 19 3/8 in. (70.8 × 41.9 × 49.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.69.373

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

FURNITURE

Description

An urn-shaped columnar support and stringing divulges this stand’s classical inspiration, while the drawer, spanning the width of the top and opening front and back, bespeaks its Connecticut Valley origin. The addition of an attached rim is a practical feature that corresponds to earlier tea tables.

Technical notes: Black cherry, unidentified inlay; eastern white pine (drawer bottom and sides), cherry. The D-shaped bracket supporting the top is beautifully finished with chamfered ends. The drawer evinces the same workmanship, its bottom flush with the sides. Penciled on the underside of the top is: “Noah Callender’s Stand.”

Related examples: Sack 1969–92, vol. 4, p. 884, no. P3561; Sack 1969–92, vol. 7, p. 1846, P5130; Ward and Hosley 1985, p. 258, no. 146.

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[Teina Baumstone, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, December 9, 1954; given to MFAH, 1969.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

[no inscriptions]

On underside of top: Noah Callender's Stand [pencil]

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