Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
1798
1937.587
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Breakfast table
Object name
Breakfast table
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
Object Number
1911.90
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
