AN OCCASIONAL TABLE, CIRCA 1890

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LOCKWOOD DE FOREST (1850-1932)
AN OCCASIONAL TABLE, CIRCA 1890
executed by The Ahmedabad Wood Carving Co., India, carved teak
27 ¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high, 38 ¼ in. (97.2 cm.) diameter

Literature

R. Mayer, Lockwood de Forest: Furnishing the Gilded Age with a Passion for India, Newark, 2008, p. 136, pl. 111 for a photograph of the table at New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Olana State Historic Site, Hudson, New York, OL.1981.1107.

Lot Essay

With its richly carved base and pointed arches, this teak table exemplifies the exotic style produced in India for Lockwood de Forest. A smaller version of this form can be found at Olana, the home of artist Frederick Edwin Church, which de Forest helped furnish in the 1880s.

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