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Catalog Number |
BRF.29.67 |
Object Name |
Table, Tripod |
Description |
A tripod or pedestal table with a heavily turned base and snake or snake-head feet. The table is of a light walnut staining with a birch wood under layer. The tabletop is comprised of two wooden boards glued together and strengthened with a wooden batten underneath the tabletop. |
Year Range from |
1840 |
Year Range to |
1845 |
Dimensions |
W-73.7 L-62.6 cm |
History |
According to the dealer, the table originated from the Niagara region in Upper Canada or upstate New York, nineteenth-century. It is a derivative of an eighteenth-century Chippendale style. Acquired by the Vice-President, Rosamond Vanderburgh, of The Township of Toronto Historical Foundation who was tasked with finding pieces to furnish the Bradley House. The Chippendale style is named after British designer and cabinet maker Thomas Chippendale who published his furniture designs in "The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Directory" in 1754. The style can be classified into three types: French influence, Chinese influence and Gothic influence. In the United States, the Chippendale style was a more elaborate development of the Queen Anne style with cabriole legs, ball-and-claw foot, and broken pediment scroll top on tall case pieces. REF: http://www.connectedlines.com/styleguide/style08.htm (visited 20 February 2007) |
People |
Vanderburgh, Rosamund |