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Table, Pier

Description

Federal-style yellow painted pier table with gilt decorative motif. Made by Hugh Finlay (working 1803-1830) for shipping merchant James Wilson (1775-1851) of Baltimore, Maryland for the double parlor of his Holliday Street town house in 1819.

Date

1819

Materials

Poplar, maple, wood, brass, gilding

Object ID

1989.82.2

Resource ID

4989

Credit Line

Gift of Professor James W. Poultney, Mrs. Ann P. Taylor, and Mrs. Elinor P. Wagner

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.