Pedestal
Category
Furniture
Date
1770
Materials
Paint, Wood
Measurements
860 x 470 x 470 mm
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771728.2
Summary
One of a pair, white painted wood pedestal. Each of the four faces is decorated with applied carving consisting of a central motif of acanthus leaves, in front of which hang swags of oak leaves. The base has a bold moulding of ribbon and rosette round the top. The flat top has bead-and-reel, egg-and-dart, and acanthus tip mouldings round the edge.