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In memory of Elizabeth Noble Anderson, 1971.35.1  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2011 The Co…
Stand
In memory of Elizabeth Noble Anderson, 1971.35.1 Photograph by David Stansbury. © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Photographs and all rights purchased by the Connecticut Historical Society.

Stand

Furniture Maker (American, 1768 - 1820)
Original Owner (1779 - 1812)
Date1790-1810
MediumCherry primary wood, various light and dark wood inlay, iron
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width of top x depth of top): 25 11/16 x 16 1/8 x 15 13/16in. (65.2 x 41 x 40.2cm)
Component (maximum width between two feet): 21 1/2in. (54.6cm)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIn memory of Elizabeth Noble Anderson
DescriptionCherry stand in the Federal, or early neoclassical, style. The top is square and has lip-molding at the edge. The top has light and dark wood inlay including a circle in the center with the initials "OE" and a small heart burned into the wood. This is surrounded by a circular fan of wood inlay with a scalloped edge and small inlaid diamonds at each peak of the scallop. A light wood square is inlaid into the surface of the table around the circular inlay in the center; there are quarter circle fans at each interior corner of the square. The stand has a baluster-shaped pedestal, over a cylindrical base and three cabriole legs each ending in a pad foot with a pad on the bottom. The bottom edge of the pedestal base has carving, consisting of cyma curves, or S-curves, and reverse cyma curves.

Condition: The stand is refinished.

Design and Construction Details: The top is made from a single board; the molding is nailed to each edge of the top. The top is screwed from the bottom to a rectangular cleat. The pedestal is tenoned into the cleat. The legs are blind dovetailed to the pedestal base. An iron plate in the shape of a "Y" is nailed to the underside of the base, over the dovetail joints.
Object number1971.35.1
NotesHistorical Note: The maker, Jonathan Birge, was the half brother of Francis Stoughton (1801-1833). Oliver Elmer's daughter, Olive Elmer Loomis (1811-1833), married Francis Stoughton. (Hudson 7/31/2007)
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