Pier Table
Decorative Arts and Design
MAKERS
Edward Holmes, American, ca. 1785–?; Simeon Haines, American, 1800–1879; Holmes and Haines, 1825–1829
MEDIUM
Rosewood with gilt stenciled decoration, marble, gilt bronze, silvered glass
DATES
1825–1829
DIMENSIONS
38 1/2 x 40 x 18 3/4 in. (97.8 x 101.6 x 47.6 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Unmarked
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
42.182
CREDIT LINE
Dick S. Ramsay Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Pier table: Late Neoclassical style, rectangular form; rosewood with stenciled decoration, white marble top, columns, and pilasters, gilt bronze mounts at top and base of columns. Concave base raised on black paw feet with attached carved and gold leafed fruit carving on each side of front lower base. Mirror to back of table between marble pilasters.
Condition: Good
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Edward Holmes (American, ca. 1785–?). Pier Table, 1825–1829. Rosewood with gilt stenciled decoration, marble, gilt bronze, silvered glass, 38 1/2 x 40 x 18 3/4 in. (97.8 x 101.6 x 47.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 42.182. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.182.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 42.182.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 1968
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