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Unknown American
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Table
Datec. 1860–1880
Made inBrenham area, Texas, United States
MediumEastern redcedar and ash; southern yellow pine and eastern redcedar
Dimensions29 7/8 × 26 × 23 3/4 in. (75.9 × 66 × 60.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.62.50
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This table was one of the first pieces of Texas-made furniture that Miss Ima Hogg added to her collection. A relatively common Texas German form, it features the characteristic tapering curved legs typical of the late classical style—now often called Biedermeier—in which many German cabinetmakers worked long after its wider popularity had ended.
Adapted from Lonn Taylor and David B. Warren. Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840–1880. Vol. 1, rev. ed. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 2012.
ProvenanceJohn Boeker, Brenham, Texas; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, November 3, 1962; given to MFAH, by 1966.
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