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Console table

ca. 1755–60
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533
The impressed mark BB is thought to stand for Brandenberg-Bayreuth. The pendant to this table is in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Console table
  • Date: ca. 1755–60
  • Culture: German, Bayreuth
  • Medium: Carved and gilded oak and limewood; legs and apron of oak; double stretcher of linden wood; greenish gray and reddish brecciated marble top
  • Dimensions: 36 x 51 1/2 x 23 1/4in. (91.4 x 130.8 x 59.1cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
  • Object Number: 1974.356.125
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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