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Center table

(French, 1811–1878)
(American, active about 1859–1910)
about 1870
Object PlaceFrance, Paris
Object PlaceNew York, New York
Medium/TechniqueWalnut, ebonized walnut, chestnut, maple, rosewood, other woods, stain, gilt
DimensionsOverall: 80 × 139.7 × 91.4 cm (31 1/2 × 55 × 36 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund, and Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession number2017.73
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
InscriptionsNone
ProvenanceDate unknown, The Service Collection of Grant A. Oakes (1938-2010), Warren, Ohio; 2015, sold by Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, Louisiana (September 2015, Important Estates Auction, lot 17); by 2016, with Margot Johnson of Margot Johnson Gallery, New York, New York; 2017, sold by Margot Johnson to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1, 2017)
Worktable
Thomas Seymour
1790–1810
about 1870–80
about 1840
Commode
Gilles Joubert
about 1735
Herter Brothers
about 1870–90
Alphonse Mattia
1989
about 1730–60