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"Belmead" Center table

A work made of rosewood, oak, walnut, marble.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of rosewood, oak, walnut, marble.

Date:

c. 1846

Artist:

Alexander Jackson Davis (American, 1803–1892)
Probably made by Alexander Roux (American, born France, c. 1813–1886)
New York

About this artwork

In 1845 Alexander Jackson Davis designed Belmead, a magnificent Gothic Revival villa, for the prominent builder Philip St. George Cocke of Powhatan County, Virginia. In addition to designing Belmead’s exterior, Davis also designed furniture for the interior, notably a parlor set that included the side chairs (1998.565.1-2). The table descended in the Cocke family along with the parlor set and, remarkably, retains its original marble top and intricately carved tracery lantern. Fitted between the supporting columns, the tracery was installed before the cabinetmaker assembled the table.

Status

On View, Gallery 173

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Alexander Roux

Title

"Belmead" Center table

Place

New York City (Object made in)

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c. 1846

Medium

Rosewood, oak, walnut, marble

Dimensions

72.4 × 104.1 × 90.2 cm (28 1/2 × 41 × 35 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Antiquarian Society

Reference Number

2000.340

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