Table
- Object Name:
- Table
- Object ID:
- 1925.002
- Place of Origin:
- England or America
- Date:
- 1852-1862
- Description:
- Occasional Table. Victorian japanned or lacquer-work type. Kidney-shaped papier mache top on wooden (probably maple or cherry) trestle base. Top has scalloped ends and rounded edges and is flat, without a framework of stile and rails. Base has two turned uprights at each end joined by a turned stretcher. Each pair of uprights is joined at bottom by a scrolled trestle foot, at center by a turned member and at top by a bracket-shaped rail. Turnings composed of baluster, ring, teel, block and cylindrical elements. Painted and/or lacquered black with gold and red decorations, together with inlaid mother-of-pearl (on top only). Landscape and building at center of table top with border of flowers and foliage. Element of base decorated with gilt or bronzed acanthus scrolls and stylized flowers. (Top not presently attached to base, see Condition Notes for more info).
- Material:
- Wood
Skeletal - Dimensions:
- H-27.5 W-24 D-15.1 inches
- Provenance:
- The table probably originally belonged to the donor's parents, Jesse A. and Maria L. Gove. Some papier mache furniture was made in America, but much was imported from England, where Birmingham and Wolverhampton in the Midlands were the main manufacturing centers.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Jessie Gove Killeen
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.