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Table

Attributed to Matthias Lock British
After a design by Henry Flitcroft British
ca. 1740–45
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 512
The front is carved with a mask of Hercules draped with the skin of the Nemean lion. The table corresponds to a drawing by Lock in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Several similar tables are known (Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire; Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire; and Temple Newsam House, Leeds.

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Object Information
  • Title: Table
  • Maker: Attributed to Matthias Lock (British, London ca. 1710–ca. 1765 London)
  • Artist: After a design by Henry Flitcroft (British, Twiss Green, Cheshire 1697–1769 Hampstead)
  • Date: ca. 1740–45
  • Culture: British
  • Medium: Pine, marble
  • Dimensions: Overall: 35 3/4 × 68 1/4 × 34 1/2 in. (90.8 × 173.4 × 87.6 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.45
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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