Small Teakwood Tables

Lilly Library Artworks

First Floor:

Mrs. Benjamin N. Duke (painting)
Benjamin N. Duke (painting)
Tending The Flock (painting)
Beach Scene (painting)
Mary L. Duke (painting)
Angier B. Duke (painting)
William K. Boyd (painting)
Thomas J. Jarvis (painting)
Washington Duke (painting)
Duke University in Picture (book)
Bessie Whitted Spence (painting)
Benjamin N. Duke (painting)
James H. Southgate (painting)
Grand Master Clock
Eva Earnshaw Malone (painting)
Benjamin N. Duke (marble bust)
Library Table

Second Floor:

James A. Thomas and Two Eunuchs (photograph)
Dorothy Quincy Hancock Read (photograph)
Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek (photograph)
Sarah P. Duke (painting)
Mary Duke Lyon (painting)
The Reapers (painting)
Marble Lions (statues)

Thomas Room:

James A. Thomas (painting)
Porcelain Urns with Mythical Beasts
Embroidered Bedspread
Chinese Rug
Ishii Vases
Carved Chests
Wei To (embroidery)
Elderly Man (scroll)
People in Outdoor Setting (scroll)
Lady in Red (scroll)
Calligraphy (scroll)
Porcelain Lion Lamps
Table with Marble Top
Cheang Park Chew (painting)
Porcelain Urns with Lids
Chinese Cabinet
Imperial Robe
Coromandel Screen
Teakwood Tables
Altar Table
Embroidered Scroll with Nine Figures
- He Xiangu
- Han Xiang
- Cao Guojiu
- Lü Dongbin
- Shouxing
- Zhongli Quan
- Zhang Guolao
- Lan Caihe
- Li Tieguai
Winter Landscape (ink on silk)

Small Tables

Small Tables, 1'-6" surface diameter x 1'-10" high

Two small, round teakwood tables, with marble tops and curved legs, stand on either side of the Coromandel screen. All parts of the table, including the legs, are elaborately carved. The Empress Dowager of China gave these tables to John W. Foster, U.S. Diplomat and briefly the Secretary of State in the administration of President Benjamin Harrison. Subsequently, John Foster's daughter, Mrs. Robert Lansing (the former Eleanor Foster) presented the tables to Mrs. James A. Thomas, who donated them to Duke University.