TABLE EN CHIFFONIERE, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The two tables are identical. Each is fitted with three drawers on the front and supported on slightly cabriole legs. Each of the three drawers on the front have two sprays of flowers with their stems crossed in the middle. The lower shelf and sides are each adorned with a bouquet of flowers tied with a ribbon. A flower arrangement in a basket is inlaid on the top. The handles, the keyhole plates and the rococo sabots are in ormolu.
- Object name:
- TABLE EN CHIFFONIERE, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Wood marquetry -- ormolu
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 28 1/4 × 17 × 11 1/2 in. (71.8 × 43.2 × 29.2 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 31.47
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- LABEL Both tables have a label at the bottom with the initials: R.L
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973