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Center table
After: Alexander Jackson Davis (American, 1803–1892)
about 1850
Object Place: Possibly New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Rosewood, rosewood veneer; modern marble top
Dimensions
76.2 cm (30 in.); Diameter 93,98 cm (37 in.)
Credit Line
Edwin E. Jack Fund
Accession Number1981.402
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Tables, stands, screens
Andrew Jackson Downing's "The Architecture of Country Houses" (1850) popularized the Gothic Revival style in the United States. An illustration in Downing's book of an interior designed by Alexander Jackson Davis appears to be the source for this handsome table, one of several similar examples that survive. Not a reproduction of historic medieval furniture, the table is a modern form creatively employing Gothic Revival vocabulary-the pointed arches on the skirt, the cluster-column legs, and the trefoil-shaped feet.
DescriptionGothic Revival style. Hexagonal table top with molded skirt with pointed arches and drop finials, supported by six cluster columns on turned cups and hexagonal plinths; tripod base with lobed trefoil feet.
Provenanceearly history unknown; purchased from the dealer E. J. Canton (Baltimore, Maryland) in 1981 (Accession Date: November 18, 1981)