Jefferson Rent Table
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A faithfully executed reproduction of Thos. Jefferson's rent table currently on display in the book room at Monticello in Charlottesville,Va. Four drawers and four triangular hinged compartments are each inlaid with three boxwood letters of the alphabet (J and V are ommitted).The octagonal top revolves above serpentine legs dovetailed into the fluted column resting on brass casters.
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This candlestand is reproduced from the original, which is said to have been the property of Jefferson's mother, Jane Randolph Jefferson. It is an extremely light "tilt top" design of Sheraton influence with graceful lines and perfect proportion. Candlestands were originally used to carefully place a source of light nearby for reading. In the vertical position a candle could be placed on the block at the top of the column and the upright top would block unwanted drafts.
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The original design for this dressing glass has been attributed to John Doggett of Roxbury, Boston. The standards supporting the mirror frame are probably the work of Samuel McIntyre of Salem. The lion's head pulls, shield shaped mirror, and drapery carved standards are beautiful examples of the Federal style in America.
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Based directly on plate #15 from Thomas Sheraton's "Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Guide" Appendix of 1794. Strictly following the details and scale from this lithograph, the only liberties taken were interpreting the materials. The inset penels are sepelle and the top is banded with a mottled bees wing satinwood. Sheraton's late Georgian period design seems to foreshadow Victorian styles found later in the nineteenth century.
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Introduced in France around 1760 the ladies writing table so immensely popular that it became known as the "bonheur du jour" or the "happiness of the day". This small desk is derived from a Thomas Sheraton design and is ornamented with rosewood, satinwood and tulipwood line inlay.
 
 
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Derived from George Hepplewhite's classic design plate #76 from "The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book" of 1794. This interpretation is based on the Biggs #2054. This small chest has three bowfront drawers faced with "fiddleback" mahogany. The boxwood stringing forms incurvate radiused corners on the drawerfronts, another typical Hepplewhite detail.
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