Untitled
after Thomas Hope (1769-1831)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1880 - 1900
Materials
Walnut
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597662
Summary
A set of eight walnut benches, after a design by Thomas Hope (1769–1831), English, late 19th century. Each with a plank seat with moulded edge and raised on three solid supports with S scroll carving and plinth bases. See: Hope's 'Household Furniture and Interior Decoration' 1807 plate 12 (6) for a comparable design.
Provenance
Loan from the National Portrait Gallery to Montacute House.
Makers and roles
after Thomas Hope (1769-1831), designer
References
Hope, Thomas - Household Furniture and Interior Decoration 1807, plate 12