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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.
DepartmentHistoric House
Center Table
RetailerAttributed to
W. & J. Sloane
(active 1843 - 1985)
Datecirca 1917
Mediumwalnut, inlaid
DimensionsHeight: 28 5/8 in. (72.7 cm)
Diameter: 35 7/8 in. (91.1 cm)
Credit LineReynolda Estate
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object number1922.2.91
DescriptionThe William and Mary-style walnut center table has a round top with molded edge and inlay of burl walnut and other woods, shaped veneered skirt with applied molded edge, trumpet-turned legs with bun feet, and shaped stretchers between the legs. The top is joined to the frame with metal brackets and screws suggesting that the table was made by an early 20th century woodworking shop in the old style. Correspondence between the Mr. & Mrs. Reynolds and W. & J. Sloane, a New York decorator and retailer, in 1917 indicates that the table may be among many items supplied to the house from Sloane's workshops or from the several furniture makers that they engaged to fulfill decorating contracts.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
Not on view
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