Table
- Date
- c.1885
- made in
- Meriden, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Furniture
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 29 x 19 x 17 1/2 in. (73.7 x 48.3 x 44.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Mary Elizabeth Rosborough Decorative Arts Fund, the Anne L. Lehmann Charitable Trust; and the bequest of Anne L. Lehmann, bequest of Miss Avis H. Blewett, gift of Miss Ruth McCollum in memory of William W. McCollum, and gift of Lindell Gordon Jr., by exchange
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 2:2006
NOTES
This table is made of machine-made tubular brass elements embellished with stamped and cast flowers and foliage. Silver and steel-colored patinas and simulated hammered surfaces on the center panel evoke the contrasting materials and textures of traditional Japanese metalwork. The Aesthetic Movement's emphasis on simplification and reduction of ornament and its embrace of form inspired by Japanese art were well suited to "art brass" furniture made during the 1880s. Brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, is a lustrous, gold-colored metal that can be easily shaped into many forms and colored with silver plating or chemical patinas.
Provenance
- 2005
Joan Bogart 19th Century American Furniture, Rockville Center, NY [1]
2005 - 2006
Margot Johnson, Inc., New York, NY, purchased from an unnamed dealer, (presumably Joan Bogart)
2006 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Margot Johnson, Inc. [1]
Notes:
[1] Advertisement in "The Magazine Antiques," (October 2005), p. 89.
[2] Invoice dated January 12, 2006 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 21, 2006; and the Minutes of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, April 11, 2006.
Joan Bogart 19th Century American Furniture, Rockville Center, NY [1]
2005 - 2006
Margot Johnson, Inc., New York, NY, purchased from an unnamed dealer, (presumably Joan Bogart)
2006 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Margot Johnson, Inc. [1]
Notes:
[1] Advertisement in "The Magazine Antiques," (October 2005), p. 89.
[2] Invoice dated January 12, 2006 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 21, 2006; and the Minutes of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, April 11, 2006.
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