Pier Table
Collection Item
Artist/Maker
Attributed to John Needles (1786–1878)
Dimensions
35-1/2 × 33-1/4 × 19 in.
City of Manufacture
Baltimore
Date(s)
c. 1820–1835
More Details
Artist / Maker
Attributed to John Needles (1786–1878)
City of Manufacture
Baltimore
Date
c. 1820–1835
Dimensions
35-1/2 × 33-1/4 × 19 in.
Medium
Primary woods: mahogany
Secondary woods: pine
Surface treatments: marble
Labels / Inscriptions
Signed in script on the back: “Joseph King.”
Provenance
Probable descent from Joseph King (inscription on table); Joseph King Jr. (1784–1865); By descent through his family. With Charles Clark, Woodbury, CT, by 2020; Purchased by Schrimshers, 2020.
Publications / Exhibition History
Weidman, Gregory R. Classical Maryland 1815-1845: Fine and Decorative Arts from the Golden Age. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1993. p. 116, fig. 141.
Elder III, William Voss and Jayne E. Stokes. American Furniture 1680-1880 From the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1987. p. 163, fig. 123.
Weidman, Gregory R. Furniture in Maryland 1740-1940: The Collection of the Maryland Historical Society. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1984. p. 192, fig. 169.
