"Serving Table of Mahogany and Maple"

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Collection Type

Decorative arts

Date

1880-1914, undated

GUSN

GUSN-303812

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Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II
1994 Acquisitions
Design Drawings -- Watercolors
Support Furniture
Other Tables
"Serving Table of Mahogany and Maple"
(current record)

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Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II
- 1994 Acquisitions
  - Design Drawings -- Watercolors
    - Support Furniture
      - Other Tables
        Sofa Table
        "Serving Table of Mahogany and Maple" (current record)
        "Decorated Adam Table"
        "Round Table"
        "Table in Smoking Room"
        "Small Table of Oak"
        "Small Drop Leaf Table of Mahogany and Maple"
        "Sheraton Table Maple Decorated"
        "Table of Oak"
        Console Table of Mahogany & Burl Maple with Inlay

Description

Design drawing with two views titled "Serving Table of Mahogany & Maple." Front view is rendered in pencil and watercolor; top view is in pencil only. Neoclassical Hepplewhite-style serving table is D-shaped and has notched sides; overhanging top; straight frieze with inlaid veneer ovals and stringing; and four tapered square legs with inlaid stringing terminating in cuffed feet. Title and dimensions are handwritten in pencil. Embossed on lower left corner is: "Return to / A. H. Davenport Co. / 150 Madison Ave / New York."

Details

Descriptive Terms

tables (support furniture)
servers (sideboards)
Neoclassical
Hepplewhite
Federal
renderings (drawings)
design drawings

Physical Description

1 watercolor rendering (16 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches)

Collection Code

CC011

Collection Name

Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

Date of Acquisition

1994

Reference Code

CC011.001.001.003.003.002

Record Details

Originator

A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Designer)

Material Type

renderings (drawings)
design drawings

Description Level

Item

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