1957.0985 Table
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Table (Chamber table)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Creator (Role):

    Rachel A. Lambard (Artist)

  • Place of Origin:

    Bath, Maine, New England, United States, North America

  • Materials:

    Birch; Maple, hard; Pine, white; Paint

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.0985


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Object Number

1957.0985

Object Name

Table (Chamber table)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Rachel A. Lambard (Artist)
1796-1845
Previously identified as Rachel H. Lombard Father: Luke Lambard (d. 1820) Mother: Julia Smart Sisters: Elizabeth Paine Lambard, Julia A Lambard Married: May 23, 1818 to Major Thomas D. Robinson (1778 -- November 1867) born, New Hampshire Census records identify Thomas as a merchant Children: Charles Frederic Robinson (1820-1838), Ann Julia Robinson (1823-1907), Alfred T. Robinson (1824-??)

Place of Origin

Bath, Maine, New England, United States, North America

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; FRONT OF DRAWER; Rachel A. Lambard./ Bath, January, 1816.

Materials

Birch; Maple, hard; Pine, white; Paint

Dimensions (inches)

33 (H) , 32.125 (W) , 16.68 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

83.82 (H) , 81.598 (W) , 42.38 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD at top. W (feet) 31.5 in. (79.9 cm); D (feet) 16.5 in. (41.8 cm).

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
Published on p. 35, figs 21-23; p. 109, cat. no. 34. Artist is identified as "Lombard." Scholarship has changed.
[Article] Sprague, Laura Fecych. 2011 Schoolgril Art: From the Misses Martin's School for Young Ladies in Portland, Maine. Antiques and Fine Art. (Summer/Autumn): 156 - 163.
Published: p. 161
[Book] Montgomery, Charles F., et al. 1966 American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Published in no. 478. Artist is identified as "Lombard." Scholarship has changed.
[Book] Priddy, Sumpter. 2004 American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts, 1790-1840.
Published on pp.28-29, figs. 55 and 56. Artist is identified as "Lombard." Scholarship has changed.