Occasional Table (Primary Title)
A. and H. Lejambre, American, active 1865–ca. 1907 (Manufacturer)
The Centennial International Exhibition, held in Philadelphia in 1876, celebrated the first century of American independence and ingenuity through displays of work such as the Centennial Vase (2012.7). The world’s fair was equally important as a vehicle for global exchange. British exhibits of “art furniture” by leading designers such as Edward William Godwin inspired the introduction of an Anglo-Japanesque style to America. This elegant Philadelphia-made table reveals Godwin’s influence in the spare relationship between solid and void as well as the emphasis on a distilled use of natural ornament asymmetrically placed on the table’s surface.
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