Pier Table

Arts of the Americas

1813–25

Thomas Emmons
American, active 1812–1825
George Archbald
American, active 1813–1843
Boston

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Thomas Emmons
Title: Pier Table
Place: Boston (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1813–1825
Medium: Mahogany, mahogany veneer, chestnut, pine, black marble, ormolu, and brass
Inscriptions: Stenciled on interior top board: "Emmons and Archbald/no. 39 Orange Street/Boston/Cabinet, Chair, & Upholstery/ Manufactory"
Dimensions: 81.9 × 88.3 × 39.7 cm (32 1/4 × 34 3/4 × 15 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number: 1994.538
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“New Hampshire Auction,” Magazine Antiques 146, 4 (Oct. 1994), ill.
“American Arts New Acquisition,” Antiquarian Newsletter (Apr. 1995), 3 (ill.).
“Chicago’s Art Institute Lists Recent Acquisitions,” Antiques and The Arts Weekly (July 21, 1995), 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), 147, no. 60 (ill.).

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.

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