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Serving table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1845-1870

GUSN

GUSN-293195

Description

Serving table with white marble top with serpentine edge. Wooden base also serpentine has beaded edge. S-shaped legs on both sides meet at center of side, topped with turned finials. Curving medial stretcher also formed by two S-shapes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

console tables
white marble
wood (plant material)
Rococo Revival
Table, Serving

Associated Building

Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

28 1/2 x 30 x 18 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Frances Sortwell

Accession Number

1958.264

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