Pier Table

Charles-Honoré Lannuier

1815–19 · Mahogany, mahogany veneer, pine, tulip poplar, maple, marble, gilded brass, die-stamped brass, plate glass · The American Wing

This pier table blends French neoclassical furniture design with American traditions in its exquisitely carved caryatids and gilt-brass mounts. Lannuier was a talented, Parisian-trained ebenisté (cabinetmaker) who migrated to New York and found patronage among the American elite and French exiles fleeing the Revolution. Lannuier crafted this pier table, and its companion in a private collection, for Jacques-Donatien Leray de Chaumont (1760—1840), the scion of a wealthy, titled family of merchants, for use in his mansion along the Black River near Watertown, New York.

Artist

Charles-Honoré Lannuier

Date

1815–19

Medium

Mahogany, mahogany veneer, pine, tulip poplar, maple, marble, gilded brass, die-stamped brass, plate glass

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Purchase, Ronald S. Kane Bequest, in memory of Berry B. Tracy, 2018