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Table #13467 / 54379, Card Table #203 / 54876 and Table #2885 / 54456

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1913-1914, undated

GUSN

GUSN-314492

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Description

Black-and-white photograph of three tables. One low table has round overhanging top; apron with molded edge; three curved legs; triangular brace between legs and paw feet. Legs are elaborately carved with a man's face at top. Second table is a Neoclassical-style card table with half-serpentine sides; serpentine front and ovolo corners; full serpentine shape when top is open; apron with veneer panels and veneer center diamond motif; horizontally reeded apron corners; tapered bulb legs with reeding, ring turnings and cuffs; and cylindrical feet. The last table is a small table having an overhanging round top with carved edge; one upper and one lower shelf; four legs with carved scroll extending to first shelf followed by tapered round columns with ball turnings at top and carved acanthus leaves at bottom; and rectangular blocks at level of lower shelf terminating in turned bun feet. Handwritten notes on page include wood types and the following series of numbers: 13467 / 54379, 203 / 54876, and 2885 / 54456. The first number in each pair is an A. H. Davenport Co. detail number; the second number may be an order number.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tables (support furniture)
card tables
Neoclassical
photographs
black-and-white photographs

Physical Description

1 black-and-white photograph (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 inches)

Collection Code

CC010

Collection Name

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

Date of Acquisition

2012

Reference Code

CC010.005.161

Record Details

Originator

Possibly Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Photographer)
Possibly A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Photographer)

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white photographs

Description Level

Item

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