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Joseph Perfetti (d. 1777)
Category
Furniture
Date
1771 (designed)
Materials
Carved limewood and beech, deal, gesso, gold leaf, black stone, iron
Place of origin
Marylebone
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871292
Summary
A pair of carved and gilt pier or end tables, English, designed by Robert Adam (1728-92) in 1771 and executed by Joseph Perfetti (fl. 1760-77) in 1771/2.
Provenance
Designed in 1771 and probably installed in 1771/2. In 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred to NT in 1957.
Makers and roles
Joseph Perfetti (d. 1777), carver Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), designer Joseph Perfetti (d. 1777), gilder