Made in Newport, Rhode Island
Mahogany, soft maple, 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm) high, 31 in. (78.7) diam.
Gift of Philip Holzer in memory of Ann Holzer
2000.4.1
The proportions of the baluster pedestal on this tilt-top, tripod-based tea table is similar to a plate in James Gibbs's Rules for Drawing (1732). The Newport, Rhode Island, architect Peter Harrison used this architectural book in designing the balustrade of the Touro Synagogue (1763). The turner who made the balusters for the synagogue may also have turned the pedestal on this table.
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