ID: 700000113 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000113	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Table (table (support furniture); unknown Chinese; 17th century; Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Philadelphia count...; 1957-99-1)

Note: The tabletop is made from a single board of rosewood. The table is constructed with sophisticated mortise and tenon joinery, using no glue or nails, only wooden pegs. This facilitated its dissasembly and rebuiliding at a new location, when its scholar-bureaucrat owner moved to a new government post.

Titles:

Table (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

table (support furniture) [300039548] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, furniture, <furniture by form or function>, support furniture)

Classifications:

East Asian art (preferred)

decorative arts

furniture

Creation Date: 17th century

Creator Display:

unknown Chinese [preferred,VP]

unknown Chinese (Chinese cultural designation) [500125222]

Locations:

Current: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States) [500214534] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1957-99-1

Credit Line: Purchased with Museum funds, 1957

Other: Creation: Zhongguo [1000111] (Geographic)

Display Materials: Rosewood (huanghuali), with mortise-and-tenon joinery and carving

	rosewood (wood) [300012424]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)

	mortise-and-tenon joints [300045404]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by general context>, <joints and joint components>, joints (connections), <joints by material joined>, wood joints, locking joints (wood joints))

	carving (processes) [300053149]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <subtractive processes and techniques>, <carving and carving techniques>)

	fragrant rosewood (wood) [300417508]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood, rosewood (wood))

Dimensions: 35 1/2 inches × 6 feet 3 inches × 17 1/2 inches (90.2 × 190.5 × 44.5 cm)

Cultures:

Chinese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Ming (culture, period, and styles) [300018438] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese dynastic styles and periods)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	writing (processes) [300054698]
	.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Table	........ [VP]
	........ Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... CDWA online (1995-) accessed 12 November 2010

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Philadelphia Museum of Art, Handbook of the Collections (1986) 30