Name/Title
TableEntry/Object ID
MP.87.14Description
Round, revolving, tilt-top table resting on bird-cage device, baluster-shaped shaft, and three curved legs ending in ball and claw feet: birdcage device consists of four small balusters between two blocks of wood, top one of oak; top of shaft travels through center to top of table; key in slot holds shaft and top together; turnings on shaft as follows: cylinder, slightly tapering element (S-shaped in profile), squat baluster, reel with top curving downward, flaring element (S-shaped in profile), cylinder; carvings on knees of legs in form of curving acanthus leaf; bottom of legs has double C-curved profile near shaft; carved webbing between toes on ball and claw feet; two curved rectangular lengths of wood screwed into top; pear-shaped locking hardware of brass (screwed to the bottom of the top) slides into slot in top of birdcage.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
MakerNotes
Dates: 1734 - 1799
Date made: r. 1734 - 1799Dimensions
Dimension Description
Max diameter top 22 7/8"Height
26-3/4 inDiameter
20-5/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 26 3/4 x 20 5/8 in. (67.9 x 52.4 cm)Material
Steel, oak, brass, MahoganyCondition
Notes
Remarks: Details of condition: 12 3/8" crack across top (edge to center); 2 1/2" crack on opposite edge; 1 leg broken at ankle and partly repaired; 3 part sheet of steel screwed to base at bottom to support legs; various nicks on feet; top of birdcage cracked; rectangular table supports replaced.Relationships
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UnknownGeneral Notes
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StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Centennial Bedroom