Table
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Macassar ebony veneer with ivory inlay on mahogany
DATES
ca. 1923
DIMENSIONS
14 3/4 x 31 3/8 x 31 3/8 in., 36.5 lb. (37.5 x 79.7 x 79.7 cm, 16.56kg) (show scale)
MARKINGS
no marks
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
71.150.6
CREDIT LINE
Purchased with funds given by Joseph F. McCrindle, Mrs. Richard M. Palmer, Charles C. Paterson, Raymond Worgelt, and an anonymous donor
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Table, round, macassar ebony veneer with ivory inlay on mahogany. Circular base on six small block feet surmounted by circular top of same size. Six pairs of square section legs join top to base at outside edge. Ivory bands around bottom of each leg (with total of 48 pieces of ivory), vertical string inlay of ivory around outside top edge (about 760 pieces of ivory), circle of 130 small ivory dots on top, about three inches from outside edge.
Condition: Excellent; when purchased by the Museum, some restoration was done on the piece. Some of the ivory inlay had to be replaced and some veneer was gone from the side of the leg.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann (French, 1879â1933). Table, ca. 1923. Macassar ebony veneer with ivory inlay on mahogany, 14 3/4 x 31 3/8 x 31 3/8 in., 36.5 lb. (37.5 x 79.7 x 79.7 cm, 16.56kg). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Joseph F. McCrindle, Mrs. Richard M. Palmer, Charles C. Paterson, Raymond Worgelt, and an anonymous donor, 71.150.6. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.150.6_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
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