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A Book of Tables, Candle Stands, Pedostals, Tablets, Table Knees &c. &c.

Print
1768
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Title plate with rococo ornament from 'A Book of Tables...' by Matthias Lock.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA Book of Tables, Candle Stands, Pedostals, Tablets, Table Knees &c. &c. (suite title)
Materials and techniques
etching
Brief description
Matthias Lock (after), title plate from 'A Book of Tables, Candle Stands, Pedostals, Tablets, Table Knees &c. &c.', London, 1768.
Physical description
Title plate with rococo ornament from 'A Book of Tables...' by Matthias Lock.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 18.2cm
  • Cut to width: 29.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Within image: A Book of Tables. Candle Stands, Pedostals, Tablets, Table Knees &c. &c./by Matt. Lock/Price 2s 6d Below image: Publish'd according to act of Parliament April y 10: 1768 by R. Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, where may be had all the Genuine Works of Lock & Copland
Bibliographic references
  • (Berlin I) Berlin Staatliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 1225.
  • Heckscher, Morrison, 'Lock and Copland: A Catalogue of the Engraved Ornament', Furniture History, Vol. 15 (1979), pp. 1-23.
Collection
Accession number
2848:170

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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