SMALL TABLE
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The table is rectangular with a lower shelf, and stands on four cabriole legs. It is veneered all over in a cube motif. The top has a railing in openwork brass. At the top of the front is a writing slide and below this a fake drawer and two actual drawers. At the right side is one drawer fitted with compartments for writing utensils. The two front legs have rococo brass ornaments at the bottom.
- Object name:
- SMALL TABLE
- Made from:
- Wood marquetry -- brass
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1770
- Size:
- 68.6 x 46.4 x 31.1 cm (27 x 18 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 31.41
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- PLAQUE; LABEL; STICKER At the bottom of the table an oval metal plaque with the initials: F.P; Old paper shipping label: Marseille/Vichy 724.; Sticker: c.1954
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973