Breakfast Table
1790-1810
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Williamsburg, United States
Like many New York breakfast tables, this example has a fashionable square top with ovolo corners and is inlaid and veneered with strongly contrasting woods including string inlay of ovals descending the legs to a bellflower. William Whitehead and other New York cabinetmakers used similar motifs in their work, creating elegant and sophisticated neoclassical furniture. Family history suggests that this table was originally owned by Richard Channing Moore (1762-1841) and Sarah Messereau Moore (1769-1824) of New York and Richmond, Virginia, in whose family it descended.
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- Title: Breakfast Table
- Date Created: 1790-1810
- Location Created: America, New York, New York City
- Physical Dimensions: OH: 28 1/2"; OW (open): 36 1/8"; W (closed): 30"; OD: 31"
- Type: Table
- Rights: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Gift of Lynn Blasso in memory of Serita Moore Garben.
- External Link: Learn more about this object at Colonial Williamsburg's emuseum
- Medium: Mahogany, satinwood, white pine, and brass
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