SMALL WORK-TABLE (GUÉRIDON À TIMBALE)
Creator(s): Unknown (Cabinet Maker)
On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom
About this object
The table is drum-shaped, has tripod feet and a low shelf in between them. The top is covered with mottled green marble and edged with a brass railing in openwork. The body is divided in three sections, all covered with vertical striped marquetry, stained in various shades of browns and green. The panel on the front is a tambour door that slides into the body to reveal three drawers with simple round pulls. The legs splay outward and end in plain sabots. The low shelf is covered with striped marquetry as above.
- Object name:
- SMALL WORK-TABLE (GUÉRIDON À TIMBALE)
- Made from:
- Wood marquetry -- brass
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- c. 1780
- Size:
- 30 3/4 × 12 in. (78.1 × 30.5 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 31.34
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- LABEL; PLAQUE On the bottom an oval metal plaque with the initials: F.N; a paper label repeating the same initials twice; Another paper label reads CH225 Hutton
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973