About the Artwork
The Waring Family Gothic Hexagonal Table
ca. 1846- ca.1851
Alexander Jackson Davis (Designer) American, 1803 - 1892 (Manufacturer) American
Wood, marble
Overall (table base): 30 1/8 × 40 1/2 × 35 1/8 inches (76.5 × 102.9 × 89.2 cm)
Furniture
American Art before 1950
Museum Purchase, Beatrice W. Rogers Fund
2012.10
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Judge Edmund Dargan (1805-1879), by c.1846, when furnishing his recently completed house at 351 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama (by repute) Moses Waring (c. 1809 -1884) in 1851, when he purchased the Dargan house at 351 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama By descent in the Waring Family [Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, LA, November 19, 2011, lot 154. 2013-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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attributed to Alexander Jackson Davis; American, The Waring Family Gothic Hexagonal Table, ca. 1846- ca.1851, wood, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Beatrice W. Rogers Fund, 2012.10.
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