Stand Maker, formerly attributed to: Nathan Lombard (American, 1777–1847)
Maker, possibly by: Ebenezer Howard (American, 1781–1854)

1801

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Black cherry, maple inlay, and eastern white pine (drawer interior)

Dimensions

27 15/16 × 17 11/16 × 17 5/16 in. (70.9 × 44.9 × 44 cm)
other (With top up): 42 1/16 in. (106.8 cm)
other (Across corners): 24 3/4 in. (62.9 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.2225

Geography

Made in Sutton, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
With Charles R. Morson (1870–1929), New York, by January 18, 1929; sold to Francis P. Garvan (1875–1937), New York, January 18, 1929; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1930
Bibliography
  • David L. Barquist, Elisabeth Donaghy Garrett, and Gerald W. R. Ward, American Tables and Looking Glasses in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 59, 74, 237, 239–40, no. 126, pl. 21, ill
  • Edgar G. Miller, American Antique Furniture: A Book for Amateurs, 2 vols. (Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press, 1937), vol. 2, pp. 726, 729, no. 1363
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

stands (support furniture)

Inscriptions

"E H / 1801" is scratched into the urn inlaid on the top.

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