Name/Title
Tabouret style teak table with inlay of mother-of-pearl, late 1890sEntry/Object ID
1998.259.3Description
ACC. NO. 98.259.3
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FURNITURE
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA LATE 1890's
OBJECT: TABLE
DESCRIPTION:
TABOURET-STYLE TABLE OF CHINESE TEAK WHICH APPEARS TO BE HAND-CARVED. TABLE TOP HAS AN INSET PANEL OF RED AND WHITE VARIEGATED MARBLE, BORDERED BY A TEAK FRAME WITH BEADED EDGE AND INSET OF CARVED INLAID MOTHER-OF-PEARL IN A FLORAL PATTERN. FOUR LEGS ARE CARVED IN A PSEUDO DRAGON DESIGN WITH CLAW FEET. TOP HAS AN ELABORATE HAND-CARVED SKIRT WITH OPEN WORK. CARVING DEPICTS FRUIT, FLOWERS, AND LEAVES. THERE ARE NO MARKINGS NOR SIGNATURES, ETC. ON THE TABLE. TOP IS SCALLOPED W/ 8 CARVED PANELS.
SIZE: HEIGHT: 18"; TOP: L 16-1/2" X W 16-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
TABLE FROM THE HOME OF MR/MRS BENJAMIN LAMBORN, 1428 MORTON ST, ALAMEDA (ERECTED 1895). MR LAMBORN WAS CITY CLERK OF ALAMEDA DURING AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF CITY HALL. TABLE WAS USED TO SUPPORT A FRENCH STATUE WHICH IS IN THE MUSEUM COLLECTION.
DONOR:
ROBERT LAMBORN,
DATE: AUGUST 1, 1998
