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Pair of fan-shaped side tables (© Alan Peters)
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© Alan Peters

Pair of fan-shaped side tables

Artist: Alan Peters (born 1933)

Location: Fitzwilliam Museum

Date: 1989

Materials: Indian rosewood & Indian satinwood

Dimensions: 83.5 x 122 x 50.7cm

Gift:

Review number: 4896 (2000)

Provenance:
Commissioned from the artist by Sir Nicholas Goodison when he was Chairman of the TSB Group plc, 1989-1995.

Description:
The fan-shaped tops of these side tables are made up of 54 segments of rosewood with satinwood in the centre and three pierced supports. The tables were part of a commission for a suite of furniture for the chairman's office and dining room at the TSB's London headquarters.

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