Octagonal Library Table

Furniture

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Montpelier Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Octagonal Library Table

Entry/Object ID

2024.8.1

Tags

Furniture

Description

Eight-sided library table from Gary Library on the campus of the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Context

This table may have been purchased by Montpelier Seminary, Vermont Junior College, or Vermont College, three institutions that occupied the campus from roughly 1894 until 1972. It was probably used by successor institutions Norwich University, Union Institute, and Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA). The Gary Library in which this display table was used was built in 1934 and ended its life as a library in 2024 when VCFA sold it to a performing arts group.

Acquisition

Accession

2024.8

Source or Donor

Montpelier Performing Arts Hub (Montpelier, Vt.)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Table, Library

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Table, Writing

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Desk

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Storage & Display Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Search Terms

Library furniture

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Vermont College of Fine Arts (Montpelier, Vt.), Vermont College (Montpelier, Vt.), Vermont Junior College (Montpelier, Vt.), Montpelier Seminary (Montpelier, Vt.), Gary Library (Montpelier, Vt.)