Pier Table Maker: Unknown

1820–40

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Chinoiserie, which was so popular before the Revolutionary War, fell out of fashion during the early Federal period, but it regained favor after 1800. The columnar legs and geometric Greek-key border on the edge of this tabletop and base contrast with the exotic Asian landscape on the top and the Buddha-like figure at the center of the facade.

Medium

Eastern white pine, basswood, birch, yellow-poplar

Dimensions

34 13/16 × 46 7/8 × 22 7/8 in. (88.5 × 119 × 58.1 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.2661

Geography

Possibly made in Boston, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
A member of the Hasket-Derby family, Salem, Mass. [see note 1]. Henry V. Weil (born ca. 1868–1943), New York., by 1929; sold to Francis Patrick Garvan (1875–1937), New York, July 1929; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1930

Note 1: According to Weil, the pier table was owned by one of the numerous descendants of Richard Derby (1679–1715) and Martha Hasket (died 1746) (David L . Barquist, American Tables and Looking Glasses in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), p. 82-83).
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), 16, 57, 82–84, no. 12, pl. 19, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

pier tables

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