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Table with mirror
Isaac Vose & Son (active 1819 – 1825)
1819–1822
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Rosewood veneer, white pine, chestnut, ash, yellow-poplar
Dimensions
Overall: 161.3 x 90.2 x 47.6cm (63 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 18 3/4in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number1977.567
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
DescriptionTable frame with central drawer and molded edges supported by slightly tapering columnar front legs with ormolu base and capital mounts and back legs of thin pilasters with rectangular recessed panels in center. Base board with scooped out front and side edges connecting legs. Large framed circular mirror on molded base pivots on semi circular bracket attached to table top. Leafy ormolu molding strips applied to base at joining of table top, bracket and molded edge of mirror. Condition: veneer cracked and split in many placed and pieces missing from molding on table top and edge of frame.
ProvenanceAimée Lamb (b. 1893 - d. 1989) and Rosamond Lamb (b. 1898 - d. 1989), Boston; 1977, gift of Misses Aimée and Rosamond Lamb to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 9, 1977)