"Serving Table of Mhg."

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Collection Type

Decorative arts

Date

1880-1914, undated

GUSN

GUSN-294585

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Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
Albums -- Design Drawings
"Sideboards. Serving Tables."
Sideboards. Serving Tables. -- Page 148
"Serving Table of Mhg."
(current record)

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Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
- Albums -- Design Drawings
  - "Sideboards. Serving Tables."
    - Sideboards. Serving Tables. -- Page 148
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      - Server
      - "Serving Table of Mhg."
      - "Serving Table of Mahogany and Inlay"
      - "Serving Table of Mhg." (current record)
      - Server

Description

Design drawing titled "Serving Table of Mhg." rendered in pencil on trace. Perspective view is shown. Rectangular server has splashboard with concave corners; overhanging top; two shallow drawers with bat-wing brasses and bail handles; lower shelf; and four cabriole legs with acanthus-leaf carved knees terminating in ball-and-claw feet. Inlaid stringing. Title, "Ellis Hollingsworth 48280" and design notes are handwritten in pencil; also handwritten in red is detail number "3089."

Details

Descriptive Terms

servers (sideboards)
tables (support furniture)
Chippendale
design drawings
sketches

Physical Descrption

1 design drawing in pencil (4 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches)

Collection Code

CC010

Collection Name

Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

Date of Acquisition

2012

Reference Code

CC010.001.002.022.006

Record Details

Originator

A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Manufacturer)

Material Type

design drawings
sketches

Description Level

Item

Related Items

Serving Table #3089

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