Octagonal Library Table

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Richard Hicks Bridgens (Designer)

Title

Octagonal Library Table

Place

London (Object made in)

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Made 1835–1845

Medium

Ebony, boxwood, kingwood, mahogany, satinwood, pine, cedar, chestnut, tulipwood, and various stained and shaded woods, with ivory, pearl-shell, copper and brass inlay; the carcass of the top and of the drawer linings is mahogany; the carcass of the base pedestal is pine; replacement leather

Dimensions

74.9 × 137.2 × 148.6 cm (30 × 54 × 58 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of The Antiquarian Society from the Capital Campaign Fund

Reference Number

1987.215.1

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