Table

August Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852)

c. 1850

33 inches, Depth: 24 inches, Width: 31 1/2 inche

Walnut

Formerly Handley-Read Collection

"Writing table Walnut with carved, moulded, and chamfered decoration, with a gallery drawer, and adjustable leaf, supported by lopers. This table is illustrated with other pieces in J. Braund, Illustrations of Furniture, London, 1858, plates XXX and XXXI, as 'From the Palace of Westminster' 1." — Jarvis, Handley-Read Collection, pp. 23

References

Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Art: The Handley-Read Collection. Ed. Simon Jarvis. London: Royal Academy, 1972. Nos. B6.

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Last modified 26 July 2007