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Empire Table
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This table was gifted to the museum by descendants of Henry Sargent, the Boston artist who in 1824 was commissioned to paint a depiction of elite society in that city titled "The Tea Party" (now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts). The painting shows an elegant double parlor decorated with items that appear to be French imports. In the middle of the room is a centre-table that closely resembles this one, although the top is wood rather than marble.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Possibly owned by Henry Sargent, Boston; Rosamond and Aimee Lamb, Boston [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1964, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 1993 | Classical Taste in America, 1800-1840. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 30 x W: 38 in. (76.2 x 96.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Misses Aimee and Rosamond Lamb, 1964
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
65.52