Platform for 10-piece set of altar tables; Artist Unknown, Thailand

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Accession Number
2005/1.466.11
Title
Platform for 10-piece set of altar tables
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Artist
Artist Unknown, Thailand
Artist Nationality
Thai
Medium and Support
Gilt and lacquered wood
Object Creation Date
1800-1899
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
Thailand
Credit Line
Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
Period
Thailand, Bangkok period (1782-present)
Dimensions
41.91 cm x 207.65 cm x 120.65 cm (16 1/2 in. x 81 3/4 in. x 47 1/2 in.)
Century
19th century
Primary Object Classification and Primary Object Type
Wood and Woodcarving
furniture
Secondary Object Classification and Secondary Object Type
Ritual Objects
altarpiece
Physical Description
Gilt and lacquered wooden platform for ten-piece altar set. The platform is carved along the edges in floral and leaf patterns coated with gold gilt are larger in size and less stylized than those found on the set it spports. Located between upper and lower carved floral registers is a band decorated with a repeating geometrical rectangular pattern, covered also with gold gilt. The red wood surface of the long, short platform is coated in lacquer.
Subject Matter
Platform for ten-piece wooden altar table set.
Primary Keywords
altars and altar components
tables
Secondary Keywords
architectural elements
architectural elements by building type
components
components and systems
components by specific context
furnishings
furnishings by form or function
furniture
furniture by form or function
objects we use
religious building fixtures
support furniture

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