Center Table

Artist:Alexander Jackson DavisUnknown

Medium: Rosewood, other woods, metal (brass?) casters

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:ca. 1847

Dimensions: 28 1/8 x 36 in. (71.4 x 91.4 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 2016.5a-b

Catalogue Description:
Round top with 12 equal pie-shaped veneer panels separated by narrow banding. Apron with carved decorated bands and crenelated skirt with acorn drop finials. Raised on six round columns on small hexagonal bases, with carved lotus-like circular ornaments one third from top. Six centered laminated (7 laminae each) open-work gothic panels suspended from top between columns. Hexagonal central base with three flat radiating elements that terminate in trefoil-shaped ends, raised on hidden casters.

Brooklyn Museum