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Side table
Spanish Colonial
1750–1800
Object Place: Probably Sucre, Bolivia
Medium/Technique
Spanish cedar (Cedrela odorata)
Dimensions
94.61 x 123.19 x 71.75 cm (37 1/4 x 48 1/2 x 28 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert D. and Nancy Hemenway Barton
Accession Number1997.44
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsFurniture – Tables, stands, screens
DescriptionLarge side table with four cabriole legs with knee carving ending in blocky claw-and-ball feet; legs joined by saltire stretchers; front skirt with C-scrolls and large shell at center flanked by smaller shells; side skirts similarly shaped; top with serpentine sides and serpentine front; marbleized decoration throughout (except on top); rear upper rail missing.
ProvenanceAcquired from the Archbishop of Sucre, Bolivia, by the donors in 1966; given to the Museum in 1997.