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Sideboard table

Date1735-1745

MediumMahogany, oak, marble Marble top; Primary: mahogany; Secondary: oak inner frame at front, each side, and at rear, and corner braces

DimensionsOH: 32 1/8"; W (top): 58 1/2"; OD (top): 28"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1967-451

DescriptionSideboard table; Top: gray and white veined marble; top straight across each side, front, and back; quarter round molding across each side and front extending 2/3 way down side, then straight; skirt basically composed of a broad half-round molding flanked by a thin, straight edge above and a half-round molding below; boldly curved lion marks at center front extending from top of skirt to below skirt; 4 cabriole legs with chamfered outer corner and terminating in carved hairy paw feet (4 toes at front and 1 at back) over a ball resting on a flat, square platformLabel TextIllustrating the individualistic quality which is often seen in eighteenth-century Irish furniture, this table also displays an unusual variation of the lion's paw foot. Normally, the lion's paw virtually encapsulates the ball, but here the foot sits on top of the ball, which in turn rests on a square pad.

The detailing of the lion’s mask in the skirt and that of the fetlocks on the feet is skillfully handled. The massive overall design of the table is derived from the Palladian style as interpreted by William Kent during the second quarter of the eighteenth century.