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Table

After an original by Pierre Antoine Bellangé French
Manufacturer Elkington & Co. British
19th century, after 18th century original
Not on view
This electrotype is after a late eighteenth-century French original in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg. The form resembles a well-known Roman tripod in Naples.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Table
  • Maker: After an original by Pierre Antoine Bellangé (French, Paris 1758–1827 Paris)
  • Manufacturer: Elkington & Co. (British, Birmingham, 1829–1963)
  • Date: 19th century, after 18th century original
  • Culture: British, Birmingham, after French original
  • Medium: Electroformed copper, gilt, yellow marble
  • Dimensions: Overall: 35 1/2 × 17 × 17 in. (90.2 × 43.2 × 43.2 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Electrotype
  • Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1883
  • Object Number: 83.18.192
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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