Name/Title
Table, breakfastEntry/Object ID
L.2011.002.12Description
Breakfast table
Charleston, SC, 1765/1775
Mahogany with mahogany (glue blocks), tulip poplar (inner frame) and ash (fly frame) secondary woods
H. 28 3/4 x W. 23 x D. 26 (closed) inches, D. 26 (open) inches
Lent by The Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC, HF 348
Conservation sponsored by Buskirk Restorations
In general, the majority of furniture produced in Charleston during the colonial period is overtly British in design and construction. In the latest London fashion, this exquisite breakfast table is closely based on plate number thirty-three in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director (1754). This is one of two similar tables made in the same unidentified workshop but exhibiting the hands of two different carvers. The sophistication of design and construction indicate that both tables were made by British-trained emigrants to Charleston who were fully conversant in the rococo style and urbane shop practices.Collection
The Charleston Museum C/O: Historic Charleston FoCreated By
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January 12, 2011Updated By
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December 7, 2012