Table, mechanical

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Table, mechanical

Entry/Object ID

MP.88.217

Description

Mechanical table with two shelves on leaf-scrolled tresstle base: serpentine molded shelves; pierced gallery on three sides; brass ratchets screwed to top, move through slotted leg; carved lyre-shaped legs rest on ornate C-scrolled feet; turnings on stretchers as follows: reel, column, reel, urn, double reel flattened cylinder and repeats; four casters.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1834 - 1867 Date made: r. 1834 - 1867

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

40-1/2 in

Width

39 in

Depth

17-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 40 1/2 x 39 x 17 1/4 in. (102.9 x 99.1 x 43.8 cm)

Material

Rosewood veneer, brass, Casters, Rosewood

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Random loss, separation of veneers, cracked front left leg, random splits overall; gallery on right detached, rest is loose.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Major Joseph Delafield, Unknown

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Library, Second Floor