Alexander Jackson Davis (American, 1803–1892)
Probably made by Alexander Roux (American, born France, c. 1813–1886)
New York
Belmead Center Table
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Alexander Jackson Davis (American, 1803–1892)
Probably made by Alexander Roux (American, born France, c. 1813–1886)
New Yorkc. 1846
Belmead Center Table
Alexander Jackson Davis (American, 1803–1892) Probably made by Alexander Roux (American, born France, c. 1813–1886) New York →tablefurniture
Date
c. 1846
Medium
Rosewood, oak, walnut, marble
Dimensions
72.4 × 104.1 × 90.2 cm (28 1/2 × 41 × 35 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of The Antiquarian Society
In 1845 Alexander Jackson Davis designed Belmead, a magnificent Gothic Revival villa, for the prominent builder Philip St. George Cocke of Powhatan County, Virginia. In addition to designing Belmead’s exterior, Davis also designed furniture for the interior, notably a parlor set that included the side chairs (1998.565.1-2). The table descended in the Cocke family along with the parlor set and, remarkably, retains its original marble top and intricately carved tracery lantern. Fitted between the supporting columns, the tracery was installed before the cabinetmaker assembled the table.