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Side table

Designer In the style of Robert Adam British, Scottish
ca. 1780
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 515

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Side table
  • Designer: In the style of Robert Adam (British, Kirkcaldy, Scotland 1728–1792 London)
  • Date: ca. 1780
  • Culture: British
  • Medium: Mahogany
  • Dimensions: Overall: 34 7/8 × 55 5/8 × 22 1/2 in. (88.6 × 141.3 × 57.1 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Morris Loeb Bequest, 1955
  • Object Number: 55.187.3
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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