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Pier table, Joseph B. Barry and Son, 1810–15, Mahogany, mahogany veneer, satinwood, amboyna, pine, gilt bronze with yellow p…
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Table · Philadelphia

Pier table

Joseph B. Barry and Son · Philadelphia · 1810–15

Medium
Mahogany, mahogany veneer, satinwood, amboyna, pine, gilt bronze with yellow poplar
Dimensions
38 x 54 x 23 3/4 in. (96.5 x 137.2 x 60.3 cm)
Accession
1976.324
Credit line
Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund, Anonymous Gift, George M. Kaufman Gift, Sansbury- Mills Fund; Gifts of the Members of the Committee of the Bertha King Benkard Memorial Fund, Mrs. Russell Sage, Mrs. Frederick Wildman, F. Ethel Wickham, Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, and Mrs. F. M. Townsend, by exchange; and John Stewart Kennedy Fund and Bequests of Martha S. Tiedeman and W. Gedney Beatty, by exchange, 1976
Culture
American
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