Étagère by Julius Dessoir, active NY, 1842 - 1865

Classification

furniture

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

Gift of Anonymous Donor

Accession Number

1937-45-6

About this artwork

Table is oval half-round in shape, supported on four scroll legs. Curved stretcher with openwork crest. Shaped plinth surmounted by two shelves of graduated size with shaped profile edges, supported on pierced fretwork brackets. Back of two upper shelves fitted with mirror glass. Top of second shelf surmounted by scrollwork with central escutcheon and high relief female head. Finial above head missing. Central drawer on table front, with front panel carved with arabesques and grape clusters. Int...

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