- THE LANSDOWNE TABLES
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English, 1768
Height: 2 ft 10¾ in; 88.5 cm
Width: 5 ft 4½ in; 164 cm
Depth: 2 ft 1½ in; 65 cm -
Ref. 4476941
Price Range: £100,000.00 + -
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A pair of George III giltwood demi-lune side tables designed by Robert Adam.
Note: The tables retain their original white marble tops and much of the original gilding.
William Petty was the British prime minister from 1782 to 1783. He acquired the unfinished Lansdowne House in 1765 and completed the building over the following three years with the help of Robert Adam.
A sketch drawing for a table and a design drawing for a table, both by Adam, with the design drawing dated 1768, are in the collection of the Sir John Soane’s Museum, London. Both drawings relate closely to this pair of tables.
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Provenance
William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737-1805), for Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London, England;
The Hon. Mrs. Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, Julians Park, Hertfordshire, England.
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