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Pair of vase stands
[Role]: Thomas Chippendale (English, 1718–1779)
English (London)
about 1755
Medium/Technique
Spanish mahogany, marble tops (later)
Dimensions
H: 18 in.; Diameter of top 10 5/8 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Horace Wood Brock
Accession Number2010.1034.1-2
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsFurniture
Furniture – Tables, stands, screens
Furniture – Tables, stands, screens
DescriptionEach dished circular top with a gadrooned edge over an icicle-carved apron on boldly carved acanthus-wrapped downswept legs with overscrolled feet on rockwork plinths, one section of icicles on each replaced, the rockwork feet possibly later.
Provenance1950/1951, Arthur S. Vernay, Inc., New York. Halsted Billings Vander Poel (b. 1911 - d. 2003), Washington DC; April 8, 2004, Vander Poel estate sale, Christie's, New York, lot 162. By 2009, Horace Wood Brock, New York; 2010, year-end gift of Horace Wood Brock to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011)