- Center Table
Explore Further
The center table was an important piece in the furnishing scheme of the Rococo Revival parlor. Often made en suite with large parlor sets (see B.81.9.1–.10), the form is characterized by bold cabriole legs and crossed stretchers, often ornamented with a central finial or carved basket of flowers, as here. That this table is round rather than oval and the top inset places it outside the norm.
Technical notes: Rosewood, rosewood veneer; ash, marble.
Related examples: Otto 1965, no. 348 and plate II; Maine Antique Digest, April 1989, p. 27-C.
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[M. S. Rau, Inc., New Orleans]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, October 21, 1970; given to MFAH, 1970.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.
