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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Center Table
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Center Table

Manufacturer J. & J.W. Meeks (American, 1797 - 1868)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850
MediumRosewood and marble
DimensionsOverall: 29 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 41 in. (74.9 x 57.2 x 104.1 cm)
InscribedStenciled on dustboard under top: "J. & J.W. MEEKS/MAKERS/NO 14 VESEY ST/NEW YORK".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number82.55
Not on view
DescriptionCenter table with trestle that ends in a plant form. Central stretcher with supports above. Rectangular with bowed ends. Grey and white Vermont marble top.

Label TextJ. & J. W. Meeks New York Center Table, ca. 1850 Rosewood and marble Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 82.55 Exhibition History"Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014. "Shooting Lincoln: Photography and the 16th President," Chrysler Museum of Art, February 10 - July 5, 2015.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008. Cleaned by Ed Pollard-2014.
J. & J.W. Meeks
ca. 1850
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2016.
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1884-85
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
George Hunzinger
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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Unknown
ca. 1820
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
Unknown
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4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2020
Louis Majorelle
ca. 1900
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
John Henry Belter
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Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.  Sized and color-correc…
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Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.  Sized and color-correc…
John and Hugh Finlay
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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2022.
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