Nesting tables

Date1920s

Mediumwood, painted and lacquered

DimensionsOverall (when nested together): 27 1/8 × 20 × 13 1/2 in. (68.9 × 50.8 × 34.3 cm)

Credit LineReynolda Estate

CopyrightPublic Domain

Object number2004.2.2a-c

DescriptionA nest of three occasional tables decorated in the Chinese taste (chinoiserie) are painted red with touches of gilt, the tops decorated with lacquer scenes in the style of Chinese export furniture. The largest table in the group has the suggestion of a temple at the right atop a rock formation or island. The decoration on the left of the top shows a man carrying long baluster-shaped objects using a shoulder yoke while standing on a small irregular island with tree at one side and gate behind. The middle table is likewise lacquer decorated with a temple and rock formation at the left and floating ducks at the right with birds flying above. The smallest of the three tables is minimally decorated with stylized flowers and butterflies. The legs of the three tables are basically dowels painted red with gilded rings suggesting bamboo. The feet of all three tables are slighting arched, painted and gilded.
ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]

Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.

Status

On view