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Victorian Occasional Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1868-1899

GUSN

GUSN-12527

Description

Marble top. four elaborately scrolled bracket feet resting on castors. Feet curve out, then turn sharply inward, joining a turned central pedestal. Below the pedestal is a bulbous-shaped drop finial. Four shaped legs curve outward, leaving the pedestal to rejoin at the top. Oval marble top rests on an ovoid molded wood frame with rectangular cross. Support at the pedestal point.

Details

Descriptive Terms

occasional tables
tables (support furniture)
marble (rock)
red oak (wood)
Red Oak
Marble
TABLE

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

28.625 x 24 x 18.313 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1658

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