Console table: M.4-1961

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Current Location: Gallery 17 (Flower)

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

Console table
side table
pier table

Categories

Furniture

Description

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.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Louis C. G. Clarke, 1960.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 63.5 cm
Height: 84.6 cm
Length: 111.8 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

Early 18th Century
George II
Production date: circa AD 1730

Components of the work

Inlay composed of brass (alloy)

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Inlay
Gilding
Carving

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.4-1961
Primary reference Number: 95951
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 13 May 2019

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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            University of Cambridge}}

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