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(Production)
Carved and partly gilt mahogany console table. The top is inlaid with brass banding of interlacing ribbands enclosing floral quatrefoils. Supported on six scrolling female-headed terminals rising from a shaped base.
Bequeathed by Louis C. G. Clarke, 1960.
Depth: 63.5 cm
Height: 84.6 cm
Length: 111.8 cm
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1960)
by
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Early 18th Century
George II
Production date:
circa
AD 1730
Inlay composed of brass (alloy)
Accession number: M.4-1961
Primary reference Number: 95951
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Console table"
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