© Beckford's Tower and Museum
Siena marble console table
Artist: Henry Edmund Goodridge (1797 - 1864)
Location: Beckford's Tower and Museum
Date: circa 1828
Materials: Siena marble & Bath stone
Dimensions: 121.9 x 177.8 x 55.9cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £35,000 (Total: £220,000)
Vendor: Edrich Van Vredenburgh
Review number: 5356 (2004)
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Provenance:
Duchess of Hamilton (William Beckford's daughter); Messrs English & Sons, Bath, 1848; Dr Barnes Burt; Edrich Van Vredenburgh.
Description:
Commissioned by William Beckford for the vestibule at Landsdown Tower, Bath. The table is made of solid Siena marble columns and large pieces of Bath stone clad in the same marble. The maker is unknown, but it was most probably designed by the architect of the Tower, Henry Edmund Goodridge, in collaboration with William Beckford.
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