Pier Table

Artist / Maker

Attributed to Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854)

City of Manufacture

New York

Date

c. 1815–1825

Dimensions

36-3/4 x 43-1/2 x 18 in.

Medium

Primary woods: rosewood veneer, mahogany

Secondary woods: white pine, tulip poplar

Surface treatments: gilded gesso, vert antique, gilded brass, marble, mirror glass

Provenance

Margaret (1765–1842) and Robert Smith (1757–1842), Baltimore, MD; By descent to his son Samuel W. Smith (1800–1870); By descent to his daughter, Ellen Donnell Smith Von Kapff; By descent to her daughter, Ellen Von Kapff Wilson (1856–1944); By descent to her daughter, Elinor Donnell Wilson Poultney (1883–1974); By descent probably to her daughter, Ann Poultney Taylor (1912–2012); By descent probably to her sister Elinor Poultney Wagner (dates unknown); Sale, Christie’s, New York, Jan. 20, 2012, lot 304; Purchased by Schrimshers, 2012.

Publications / Exhibition History

Weidman, Gregory. Furniture in Maryland 1740-1940. Baltimore: The Maryland Historical Society, 1984. P. 188, no. 161.