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Unknown, Floor Lamp, circa 1917
Center Table
Unknown, Floor Lamp, circa 1917
DepartmentHistoric House

Center Table

Datecirca 1917
Mediumwalnut and walnut veneer
DimensionsOverall: 26 1/4 × 27 × 27 in. (66.7 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm)
Credit LineReynolda Estate
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object number1922.2.63
DescriptionThe William and Mary style round table has four walnut trumpet-turned legs with bun feet joined by serpentine stretchers. The marquetry veneer table top with molded edge has an 8-pointed star inlaid in the center on a large round field of walnut burl surrounded by two wide segmented frames defined by string inlay. The arcaded apron is finished with applied cockbeading.
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