About This Artwork
Thomas Emmons
American, active 1812-1825
George Archbald
American, active 1813-1843
Pier Table1813/25
Mahogany and mahogany veneer on chestnut and pine, black marble, ormolu, and brass
81.9 x 88.3 x 39.7 cm (32 1/4 x 34 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.)
Stenciled on interior top board: "Emmons and Archbald/no. 39 Orange Street/Boston/Cabinet, Chair, & Upholstery/ Manufactory"
Gift of the Antiquarian Society, 1994.538
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
“New Hampshire Auction,” Magazine Antiques 146, 4 (Oct. 1994), ill.
“American Arts New Acquisition,” Antiquarian Newsletter (Apr. 1995), p. 3 (ill.).
“Chicago’s Art Institute Lists Recent Acquisitions,” Antiques and The Arts Weekly (July 21, 1995), p. 80 (ill.).
Judith A. Barter et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), pp. 147, no. 60.
Ownership History
Private collection, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to 1994; North East Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1994; Peter Hill, East Lempster, New Hampshire, 1994; sold to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1994.