Wooden pedestal
Category
Furniture
Date
1760
Materials
Paint, Wood
Measurements
970 x 535 x 535 mm
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Osterley Park and House, London
NT 772412.1.3
Summary
One of a set of four, white painted pedestals. Three of the four faces of these square pedestals are decorated with applied carving consisting of a central motif of acanthus leaves, in front of which hangs swags of oak leaves with laurel pendants. 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. The pedestal supports a marble vase (772412.1.1) and cover (772412.1.2).