Table
c. 1805 (made)
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Rosewood table with carved and gilt gesso decoration. Circular leather-covered top with rosewood drawer-frieze containing four drawers. Between the drawers are four carved and gilt supports in the form of lioness heads on lion legs, standing on a plain flat base with four recurved sides
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 6 parts.
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| Brief description | Rosewood table with giltwood decoration, after a design by Thomas Hope, English, ca. 1805 |
| Physical description | Rosewood table with carved and gilt gesso decoration. Circular leather-covered top with rosewood drawer-frieze containing four drawers. Between the drawers are four carved and gilt supports in the form of lioness heads on lion legs, standing on a plain flat base with four recurved sides |
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| Object history | The table was purchased from the firm of A.T. Bowden & Co. Ltd., a firm of antique dealers in Duke Street, London, one of whose managers was the decorator, Ronald Fleming (1896-1968). In 1927 Fleming had owned the Thomas Hope table (W.19-1976). |
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| Accession number | W.49:1-1946 |
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| Record created | February 15, 2001 |
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