Closed Now:
Become a Member
Your Cart
Attributed to Porter Clay
American, 1779 – 1850
American, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
Dining Table, 1795 – 1815
Cherry, other woods
28 3/4 x 100 1/8 x 47 5/8 in. (73 x 254.3 x 121 cm.) (overall)
28 3/4 x 47 1/2 x 23 3/8 in. (73 x 120.7 x 59.4 cm.) (left end section)
28 3/4 x 47 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. (73 x 121 x 50.2 cm.) (center section closed)
28 3/4 x 47 5/8 x 54 1/8 in. (73 x 121 x 137.5 cm.) (center section open)
28 3/4 x 47 1/2 x 23 3/8 in. (73 x 120.7 x 59.4 cm.) (right end section)
From the Noe Collection, Bob and Norma Noe, Lancaster, Kentucky 2014.3.1 a-c
Portable Dining
This half-round table is one of three parts of a larger dining room table. Unlike most modern dining tables, those in the early 1800s were often made in separate sections. When not in use, the sections would be moved against the wall so the room could be used for other activities like card playing or dancing. Compare its inlay to the adjacent games table. Both were probably made in the same shop, perhaps that of Porter Clay, brother of Kentucky’s famed politician Henry Clay (1777 – 1852).
