Pair of Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Pedestals

Early 20th century, mahogany veneer with light and dark wood inlays, squared raised panel top, faux fluted and dot inlaid frieze over tapered panel with banded inlays, French bracket foot base.

48 x 11 x 11 in., top 7.75 x 7.75 in.

From the Historic Collection of Limestone University, Gaffney, South Carolina
Limestone College, now Limestone University, was founded in 1845 in Gaffney, South Carolina, by English-born Baptist minister Dr. Thomas Curtis and his son William. Originally established as the Limestone Springs Female High School, it was among the first women’s colleges in the nation and the very first in the state. The institution found its early roots in a former resort hotel near healing springs, later struggling due to the Civil War and Reconstruction. It revived in 1881 as the Cooper‑Limestone Institute, thanks to benefaction from industrialist Peter Cooper, and adopted the name Limestone College.

Tops with surface wear and denting; one with trim loss under frieze at corner; both pedestals with shrinkage cracks near lower panels; wear to the feet; the interiors are weighted with an unknown substance which is loose and leaving debris.