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Description: | An eighteenth century Florentine pietre dure centre table, the rectangular top of lapis lazuli and brown Sienna marble inlaid with large insects, European birds and Oriental birds in coloured marbles within cartouche-shaped panels with grounds of shaded pale blue and brown; on a 19th c. base in ebonised pear wood, with baluster legs of square form and on bun feet linked by a shaped high stretcher, the whole with ormolu mounts of acanthus, scroll borders, grinning masks, winged putti rising from scrolling brackets, cartouches and shells; some lapis replaced. Owned and used by the Webbs at Newstead Abbey in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the table top had been acquired for the family by William Frederick Webb's father, Frederick Webb, from an Italian palace. Some lapis replaced.
Accession number: NA 521 | Subjects: | animals Newstead Abbey furniture nature studies | Temporal: | 1711-1767 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | Florence | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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