Decorative arts

Side Table

Type: Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1764
Accession number: 71.4A
Maker: Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: Robert Adam(Opens in new tab) (British, 1728–1792)
Manufacturer: France and Bradburn(Opens in new tab) (British, 1764–1773)
Dimensions: 35 x 66 x 30 in. (88.9 x 167.6 x 76.2 cm.)
Medium: painted and gilded pine with veneered brown agate and marble top
Description: This is one of a pair of tables in neoclassical style attributed to William France and John Bradburn, two successful cabinet makers and upholsterers who numbered the royal family among their clients.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Miss Abigail von Schlegell
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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Originally made for the London residence of a wealthy Scottish politician and collector, this side table (and its pair on the opposite wall) reflects a taste for interior design that recalls the art of ancient Greece and Rome. Both tables feature a delicate carved frieze and spectacular agate and marble top inlaid in a Greek key design.

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