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Lord Charlemont's medal cabinet & 3 designs

Sir William Chambers, 1767–1768

The medal cabinet was designed to fill one wall of a room 444.5 wide by 365cm high with fireplace opening 177.8 x 143cm. Maker mostly Chippendale. Central panel representing Hercules Musarum, carved by Safferen Alken. Interior by Diederich Nicholas Anderson. Purchased with three original designs by William Chambers according to 2003 audit: 1) design for ormolu plaque in right-hand cabinet; 2) section of chimney side of study showing right half of cabinet; 3) and ornaments of the frieze, cornice and pilaster, and cross sections of the surface, pilasters and doors of cabinet.

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Title of artwork, date

Lord Charlemont's medal cabinet & 3 designs, 1767–1768

Date supported

1987

Medium and material

Cabinet: mahogany & sandalwood & boxwood & ebony & oak; drawings: pen & ink on paper

Dimensions

Cabinet: 178 x 444 cm; drawings 11.45 x 29.15 cm, 48.6 x 65 cm, 49.9 x 65 cm

Grant

50000

Total cost

325000

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