Two Scagliola Top Pier Tables

Object/Artifact

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

58.22.8-9

Description

Two Scagliola Top Pier Tables Pair of Pier Tables with Legs and Aprons of Gessoed, Painted and Gilded Wood and Applied Plaster Ornament. Four Legs Are Tapered and Fluted with Urn Shaped Upper Sections with Carved Leaf Decoration. Corners of Aprons Above Each Leg Have Applied Classical Profile Busts. Applied Gilded Lion's Head in Center of Front Apron Flanked By Applied Garland Swags. Tops of Scagliola Veneer in Shades of Red, Yellow, White and Brown.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

58.22

Source or Donor

Morawetz, Family of Mrs. Victor

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Table, Pier

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Table, Side

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Table

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Support Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Considerable Losses of Applied Decoration and Scagliola Veneer. 58.22.8 Has Chips in Gesso, Busts Missing on Left Side. 58.22.9 Has Chips in Gesso, Bust Missing on Right Side and Rear Left Side.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Approved For Deaccessioning. To Be Picked Up By Fine Arts Express When Appropriate Continental Sale Is Scheduled At Sotheby's. Sotheby's Sale, May 4, 1999. Lot 368. Estimate $15,000 - $20,000. User8: 1 User9: 2 User10: 172005

Created By

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Create Date

January 21, 1998

Updated By

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Update Date

February 10, 2023