Table (Pier table or collector's cabinet)

Museum Object Number 1957.0945

Object Name

Table (Pier table or collector's cabinet)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Henry Connelly (Maker)

William Rush (Decorator)

Date of Birth

17701756

Date of Death

18261833

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1806-1820

Materials

Mahogany; Mahogany veneer; Satinwood veneer; Tulip poplar; Pine, white; Ebony; Rosewood; Brass; Glass

Dimensions (inches)

39 (H) , 49.375 (W) , 26 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

99.06 (H) , 125.413 (W) , 66.04 (D)

Measurement Notes

OD is at eagles. OW is at back feet. D (top) 23.375 in.; D (feet) 24.25 in.; W (top) 49 in.; W (front feet) 41.875 in.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F., et al. 1966 American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: cat. no. 349.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig. 33, pp. 188-89.
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat. no. 299, pp. 410-11.
[Article] Trump, Robert T. 01//1975 Joseph B. Barry, Philadelphia Cabinetmaker. Antiques.
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[Article] Bell, Nicholas R. 2009 An Ark of the New Republic. American Furniture. 2009: 28-41.
• Published: article on the table as a masonic object.