Work Table
attributed to Thomas Emmons and George Archbald, Boston, Massachusetts, American, active 1813 - 1825
attributed to Isaac Vose and Son, Boston, Massachusetts, American, active 1819 - 1825
about 1820-1825
Rosewood veneer, mahogany, rosewood (feet), chestnut, gilded brass; silk (original covering of lid to work bag); reproduction work bag
Overall: 29 × 22 × 18 in. (73.7 × 55.9 × 45.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. William Dexter
F.965.90.22
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Furniture: Table
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Exhibition History
American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.
American Decorative Arts at Dartmouth, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 10-March 1, 1981.
Classical Taste in America, 1800-1840, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, June 27-September 26, 1993; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 20, 1993-March 13, 1994; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, May 1-July 24, 1994.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 2, 2009-present.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 26, 1996-May 11, 1997.
Publication History
Wendy A. Cooper, Classical Taste in America: 1800-1840, New York: Abbeville Press, 1993, p. 259, ill. p. 259.
Margaret J. Moody, American Decorative Arts at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: The Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1981, page 39.
Margaret J. Moody, "American furniture at Dartmouth College", The Magazine ANTIQUES: New York, August 1981, pp. 326-333, ill. Plate V.
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 223, no. 196.
Provenance
Collected by George Ticknor (1791-1871), Boston, Massachusetts, date unknown; to his daughter, Eliza (Mrs. William) Sullivan Ticknor Dexter (1833-1880), about 1871; to her son, Philip Dexter (1868-1934), about 1880; to his son, William Dexter (1897-1943), about 1934; to his wife, Constance Van Rensselaer Thayer Dexter (1900-1976), 1943; given to Dartmouth College, 1943; catalogued by present collection, 1965.
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