Side Table
- Culture
- Irish
- Date
- c.1750
- Material
- Mahogany, oak, and pine
- made in
- Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, Europe
- Classification
- Furniture
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 122
- Dimensions
- 32 1/4 x 64 1/2 x 29 7/16 in. (81.9 x 163.8 x 74.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 827:1940
NOTES
The lion, shells, and wheat motifs carved on this table are symbols of deities in Roman mythology. The lion stands for Bacchus, god of wine. The shells and garlands of flowers represent Venus, goddess of love, and wheat represents Ceres, goddess of the harvest. Together these symbols express the poetic idea that wine and feasting stimulate love. This festive message was appropriate for a grand dining room, where this table would have been used.
Provenance
John Alexander Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot, (1856-1929), Perth, Scotland [1]
- 1940
Mallett & Son, Ltd., London, England
1940 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Mallett & Son, Ltd. [2]
Notes:
[1] Previous collection information recorded on a mounted photograph of the side table. The photograph includes the Mallett item number, suggesting that the photograph came from them [SLAM document files].
[2] Invoice dated May 1940 [SLAM document files]; Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, June 6, 1940.
- 1940
Mallett & Son, Ltd., London, England
1940 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Mallett & Son, Ltd. [2]
Notes:
[1] Previous collection information recorded on a mounted photograph of the side table. The photograph includes the Mallett item number, suggesting that the photograph came from them [SLAM document files].
[2] Invoice dated May 1940 [SLAM document files]; Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, June 6, 1940.
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