Side Table
Original Language TitleQiaotou jitaishi an
CultureChinese
Datelate 16th-early 17th century
MediumHuanghuali wood
DimensionsOverall: 31 7/8 × 74 1/8 × 17 1/16 inches (80.96 × 188.28 × 43.34 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Kenneth A. and Helen F. Spencer Foundation Acquisition Fund
Object numberF72-55
On View
On viewGallery Location
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DescriptionA huanghuali inset leg flush bridle joint table with a typical single flush gloating panel and mitred frame, mitred on the upper face and square joined below with a squared outside edge, concave below with a raised beading. The flush mitre joint cut to receive the continuously shaped apron is tenoned into the underside of the top, the apron cut with a raised beaded edge and decorative spandrels to each side of the legs. Three tapering dovetail housing joints support each long apron, which also have rose head nails. The underside lacquer has considerable lacquer and ramie and what appears to be clay filler. Probably second half of 16th century.Gallery LabelThe elegant cusps, scallops, and sweeping curves of the apron (the vertical panels beneath the top frame) are ancient designs. Splayed legs were not only elegant; they added stability. On this table the top of each leg is tapered where it is fixed to the apron.
Charlotte Horstmann Ltd.;
Purchased from Charlotte Horstmann Ltd. through Kenneth A. and Helen F. Spencer Foundation Acquisition Fund by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1972.
Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 342 (repro.).
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