MALACHITE TABLE
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Main portion is pedestal shaped. Leg has very elaborate baluster portion with acanthus leaves resting in a triangular section with three goats heads. This in turn is supported by three sphinxes resting on a triangular base supported by three lion’s claws.
- Object name:
- MALACHITE TABLE
- Made from:
- Ormolu -- malachite
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- mid 19th Century
- Size:
- H. 29 3/4 × Diam. 21 in. (75.6 × 53.3 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 32.21
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973