Siena marble console table

Henry Edmund Goodridge (1797 - 1864)

Beckford's Tower and Museum

circa 1828

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.

• Medium: Siena marble & Bath stone
• Dimensions: 121.9 x 177.8 x 55.9cm
• Art Fund Grant: £35000 ( Total: £220,000; Export stopped)
• ArtFunded in: 2004
• Vendor: Edrich Van Vredenburgh

Provenance

Duchess of Hamilton (William Beckford's daughter); Messrs English & Sons, Bath, 1848; Dr Barnes Burt; Edrich Van Vredenburgh.

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