Teakwood Table with Marble Top
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
- Winter Landscape (ink on silk)
Teakwood Table, 3'-6" surface diameter x 2'-8" high, 2'-4" base diameter
A large teakwood table, with a round brown marble top, stands opposite the Coromandel screen. The tiered base of the table, as well as its legs and parts of the top, are carved with fruit and leaf designs, showing Chinese craftsmanship at its best. In 1956, Duke University purchased this table from the Barber Collection.
NOTE: Margaret L. Barber of Williamsburg, Missouri, spent her life collecting art and antiques. In 1930, Duke University professor William K. Boyd, pursuing the early concept of a library-museum for the Woman's College Library, negotiated with Mrs. Barber for a twenty-five year loan of a substantial part of her collection. The Barber Collection was displayed at the Woman's College Library (today's Lilly Library ) until 1956, when the twenty-five year plan ended. At that time, this teakwood table was one of the few pieces Duke University purchased from the Barber estate.
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