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Not currently on display at the V&A
On display at Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire

Side Table

1750-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

On loan to Newstead Abbey, Nottingham


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
carved mahogany
Brief description
English, 1750-1775, mahogany, Gothic, 79/849
Physical description
Carved mahogany in the 'Gothic' taste. Rectangular form. Four corner legs, each consisting of four rectangular staves in openwork and in two tiers, the upper tier supporting a vase and the lower tier of a hollow plinth supporting a crocketed finial. On front and sides a frieze of multifoil compartments in countersunk relief, flanked by crocketed finials also in relief.
Dimensions
  • Height: 87.6cm
  • Depth: 71.1cm
  • Width: 147.3cm
Style
Object history
Purchased in 1949 from Hotspur Ltd., Richmond, Surrey.
Summary
On loan to Newstead Abbey, Nottingham
Bibliographic reference
The table is illustrated in Hayward, J.F. Tables London 1961, fig.2 and Coleridge, A, Chippendale Furniture, London 1968, fig.217
Collection
Accession number
W.41-1949

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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