Table

Object Name:

Table

Object ID:

1992.028 a-b

Creator:

Moore, Eugene D.

Place of Origin:

Penacook, NH

Date:

1870-1872

Description:

Table, marble-top, Victorian style. Four curved legs, each with pieces of grained veneer applied to sides and top (one piece missing on top of one leg). Graining very worn and flaking, with many losses. 3.5" wooden medallions applied to sides of each leg (8 total). Top supported by four turned posts and one turned central column. Swivel caster on each leg. Open wooden top, 27" x 18.9", with 2" high skirt. Flat sections of skirt have painting graining, very worn. Applied scrollwork on bottom edge of three sides of skirt; fourth one missing. Wooden top surface signed in pencil "EDM" (Eugene D. Moore); also marked "MCC / 10.00" and "51-70" in pencil. Removable white marble top, 28.25" x 20.25" x 0.75" thick, with indented corners.
A. Wooden table
B. Marble top

Material:

Wood
Stone
Marble

Dimensions:

H-29 W-28.25 L-20.25 inches

Provenance:

From the Penacook home of furniture maker Eugene D. Moore, working 1870-1872. His initials are on the table.

Credit Line:

Gift of William B. Randall

People:

Moore, Eugene D. (c. 1842- )