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Pier Table

Decorative Arts and Design

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
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)
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Edward Holmes (American, ca. 1785–?). <em>Pier Table</em>, 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)