Supporting museums Art we've helped buy Robert Adam Furniture, Urns and Pedestals

Robert Adam Furniture, Urns and Pedestals

Robert Adam

Art Funded
1955
Bequeathed by
Ernest Edward Cook through The Art Fund
Pair of Adam side-tables; Pair of Adam Urns and Pedestals.

Provenance

Part of the E E Cook collection, grandson of Thomas Cook of Thomas Cook Travel Agency. Died in 1955 and bequeathed the entire contents of his house at Bath to the National Art Collections Fund.

Wood / porcelain

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