Pier Table
attributed to Thomas Emmons and George Archbald, Boston, Massachusetts, American, active 1813 - 1825
about 1820-1825
Mahogany, chestnut, tulip poplar, white pine, marble top, fabric, and brass
Overall: 34 × 45 1/8 × 21 1/8 in. (86.4 × 114.6 × 53.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. William Dexter
F.965.90.8
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Furniture: Table
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Publication History
Robert D. Massey Jr. and Clark Pearce, Rather Elegant Than Showy: The Classical Furniture of Isaac Vose. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, in association with David R. Godine, Publisher, 2018, p. 166. fig. 189.
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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