figured cherry, ca 1800-1810, probably Franklin County, of demilune form with string inlaid lozenges on the apron above each of the legs, and stylized drop bellflowers on each tapered, quadrangular leg with inlaid cuffs. With MESDA registration label, No. S-2807. 29" high x 44.75" wide x 22" deep. Demilune console or pier tables are a rare form of Kentucky furniture--a testament to a high level of sophistication in the Backcountry in the early 19th century. This particular pair has been recognized as such for many years, appearing in The Magazine Antiques, April 1974 edition on Kentucky (Vol. CV, No. 4, pp.880). Early designs for the semi-circular form originated with the noted Scottish architect Robert Adam (1728-1792), and continued in the design drawings of Hepplewhite and Sheraton. This pair exhibits a distinguishing inlay on the perimeter edge of the apron, sometimes called "dot-and-dash inlay," and most-often found on furniture from Franklin County, Kentucky. The tables came to the present owners from an auction of the estate of respected antiquarian Eleanor Offutt O'Rear. Exhibited, J. B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY, "Kentucky Furniture", 1974 (see catalogue, No. 52), and Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY, "Fancy Forms and Flowers: A Significant Group of Kentucky Inlaid Furniture", 2000 (see catalogue, pp.38). Provenance: Ex Estate of Eleanor O'Rear; ex Collection of Marcella and Ken Baker, Woodford, County, KY Condition: Refinished; one leg reattached and inlay repaired.
figured cherry, ca 1800-1810, probably Franklin County, of demilune form with string inlaid lozenges on the apron above each of the legs, and stylized drop bellflowers on each tapered, quadrangular leg with inlaid cuffs. With MESDA registration label, No. S-2807. 29" high x 44.75" wide x 22" deep. Demilune console or pier tables are a rare form of Kentucky furniture--a testament to a high level of sophistication in the Backcountry in the early 19th century. This particular pair has been recognized as such for many years, appearing in The Magazine Antiques, April 1974 edition on Kentucky (Vol. CV, No. 4, pp.880). Early designs for the semi-circular form originated with the noted Scottish architect Robert Adam (1728-1792), and continued in the design drawings of Hepplewhite and Sheraton. This pair exhibits a distinguishing inlay on the perimeter edge of the apron, sometimes called "dot-and-dash inlay," and most-often found on furniture from Franklin County, Kentucky. The tables came to the present owners from an auction of the estate of respected antiquarian Eleanor Offutt O'Rear. Exhibited, J. B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY, "Kentucky Furniture", 1974 (see catalogue, No. 52), and Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY, "Fancy Forms and Flowers: A Significant Group of Kentucky Inlaid Furniture", 2000 (see catalogue, pp.38). Provenance: Ex Estate of Eleanor O'Rear; ex Collection of Marcella and Ken Baker, Woodford, County, KY Condition: Refinished; one leg reattached and inlay repaired.
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