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Set of six pedestals (© V&A Picture Library)
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© V&A Picture Library

Set of six pedestals

Artist: Robert Adam (1728 - 1792)

Location: Victoria and Albert Museum

Date: 1765

Materials: painted pinewood with gilt decoration

Dimensions: 147 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £31 (Total: £31)

Vendor: Christie's

Review number: 924 (1934)

Provenance:
Sir L Dundas, Marquess Zetland

Description:
Set of six square pedestals painted white with relief ornament gilded: acanthus and vitruvian scrollwork, rosettes, festooned husks, interlaced berried laurel. Probably made by Samuel Norman. Four of the pedestals are on loan to the Iveagh bequest, Kenwood House.

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