Table

Designer J.P. Jansen (Dutch)

Manufacturer H. F. Jansen & Zonen (est. 1841-1947)

Place of OriginAmsterdam, Netherlands

Date1905-1906

DimensionsH: 30 3/8 in. (77.2 cm); W: 55 in. (139.7 cm); Depth: 43 1/8 in. (109.5 cm)

MediumOak, inlaid with ebony, mother of pearl, pewter, exotic wood

ClassificationFurniture

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1967.156

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 33

Label TextFormerly part of a set that included six side chairs and two armchairs, this table was designed by Dutch designer J.P. Jansen for his father’s drawing room. Jansen worked for his father’s company, Amsterdam furniture makers H.F. Jansen & Sonen, which had been in operation since the mid-19th-century. By the turn of the 20th-century, it was known for its Art Nouveau designs. The simple, elegant table is made primarily from oak and is embellished with inlays of mother of pearl, ebony, and exotic woods.Published ReferencesH.H. Wolf, "Jubileums-tentoonstelling in het Stedelijk Museum te Amsterdam," Het Leven, 28, Sept. 1906, pp. 1008-009, repr. p. 1009.

"Treasures from Toledo," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, Toledo, New Series, Vol. 12, No. 4, Winter 1969, repr.

Exhibition HistoryAmsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1881-1906 Jubileums Tentoonstelling Der Beide Museum Scholen, 1906, no. 180.