Coffee Table

Dimensions41.6 × 92.7 × 92.7 cm (16 3/8 × 36 1/2 × 36 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of Whitney Hourd, Port Stanley, Ontario, 2019.

Object number2019.007.001

Label TextCharles Hourd made this table in his home workshop and used a template for the veneered top that had come from the family business, Hourd and Company Limited. The company began to produce folding chairs and tables in about 1900 to satisfy the home entertainment market. Hourd and Company began operations as Dominion Baby Carriage in 1866 or 1867. It manufactured children’s carriages and sleighs, reed rattan chairs, and cradles. The company closed in the late 1950s.

NameTable, Coffee