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An Important Rare Egyptian Revival Mahogany Marble-Top Gueridon, with Carved Gilt Sphinx Pedestal Feet, American, c.1830


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Provenance:  Francis Key Howard (1826-1872); thence by descent to Lydia de Roth; Donated by de Roth to The Baltimore Museum of Art (69.23.5)

Illustrated: Cooper, Wendy. Classical Taste in America 1800-1840, p.265
Humphries, Lance. “The Morris Suite,” American Furniture 2003, p.147
Images of this table in the Yellow Room of the Francis Key Howard house are archived by the Baltimore Historical Society

Height: 34” Diameter: 33 1/2”
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