Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009

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Art of Europe: July 2008–June 2009


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Center table

about 1810
Height x depth: 80 x 83.8 cm (31 1/2 x 33 in.)
Rosewood, gray granite, gilt metal

Classification: Furniture

Culture: English (London)

Accession number: 2008.1423

Description: This unusual Regency circular centre table is composed of a gray granite top, set onto a panel with a beaded and fluted edge, supported on a central fluted column decorated with acanthus, laurel, flowers and wheat-sheaves, on a base with four scrolled and beaded supports, all supported on a rosewood beaded plinth.

Provenance/Ownership History: 2003, acquired on the London art market by Horace Wood Brock, New York; 2008, gift of Horace Wood Brock to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 17, 2008)

Gift of Horace Wood Brock