Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414b
Medium:
Glass
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Breakfast table
Object Number:
1911.90
Date:
1825-1835
Medium:
Mahogany; pine, poplar
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 x 41 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. ( 73.7 x 105.4 x 61.6 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Empire breakfast table with two D-shaped drop leaves with serpentine front edge and plain apron with turned drops; raised on four turned and carved columns above a horizontal base with incurving sides supported by four hairy paw legs, which descend from scrolls, have acanthus carving on knees, and terminate in paw feet with casters.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catharine Augusta de Peyster
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
