Two-Tier Occasional Table

MakerAttributed to Edward F. Caldwell & Company (1895 - 1959)

Date1917-1918

Mediumparquetry and other veneers and inlays, mahogany, brass

DimensionsOverall: 26 3/4 × 16 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (67.9 × 41.3 × 37.5 cm)

Credit LineReynolda Estate

CopyrightPublic Domain

Object number1922.2.145

DescriptionThis Louis XV-style two-tier occasional table, made en suite with Mrs. Reynolds’s desk, is round in overall shape with a cube parquetry surface on the bottom tier and marble surface at the top. Both are surrounded by a pierced gilt-brass gallery of ovals alternating with small circles. Parquetry veneer (geometric wood inlay arranged in block patterns) nearly covers the table’s lower tier and is framed by mahogany veneer with grain radiating from the center. The parquetry and frame are separated by string inlay. Three mahogany delicately-tapered cabriole legs, terminating in brass feet, support the lower table top, while incurved and fluted mahogany brackets support the top. The skirt below the marble top has three narrow rectangular parquetry panels surrounded by a line of gilt-brass beading; one has a small gilt brass knob in the center defining it as a small drawer covered on the front in parquetry veneer. The upper terminals of the legs and brackets are demarcated with cast gilt-brass leafy applications.
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