Table
1868 (made)
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Table of cast iron and marble.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cast iron and marble |
| Brief description | Table, cast iron and marble, desgined by Alfred Stevens, made by Henry Hoole and Company, Sheffield, 1868 |
| Physical description | Table of cast iron and marble. |
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| Gallery label | TABLE
Cast iron and marble
England; 1868
Designed by Alfred Stevens (1817-75)
This is one of the few surviving examples of the eighteen tables designed by Alfred Stevens for the old Refreshment Room in the Victoria and Albert Museum (now called the Gamble Room), and made by Henry Hoole and Company of Sheffield, Yorshire. A contemporary critic in the Standard on 17 March 1868 thought 'they have a good effect, but are almost miraculously small; four people, apparently, being expected to dine on a tiny slab scarcely bigger, it would seem, than the seats of any one of the chairs placed around it'.
Museum No. M.12-1994 (07/1994) |
| Object history | This is one of the few surviving examples of the eighteen tables designed by Alfred Stevens for the old Refreshment Room in the Victoria and Albert Museum (now called the Gamble Room), and made by Henry Hoole and Company of Sheffield, Yorshire. A contemporary critic in the Standard on 17 March 1868 thought 'they have a good effect, but are almost miraculously small; four people, apparently, being expected to dine on a tiny slab scarcely bigger, it would seem, than the seats of any one of the chairs placed around it'. |
| Bibliographic reference | J. Physick: The buildings of the V&A, p. 183
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| Accession number | M.12-1994 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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