COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MIA_.96.32.1a,b
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Hope, Thomas
Creator Nationality:
European; British; English
Creator Role:
designer
Creator Dates/Places:
1769 - 1831
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Thomas Hope
Title:
Library Table
View:
Front
Creation Date:
about 1800
Creation Start Date:
1780
Creation End Date:
1820
Materials and Techniques:
wood, paint, gilt
Classification Term:
Furniture
Dimensions:
H.33 x W.55-3/4 x D.37-3/4 in. (overall)
Component Measured:
overall
Measurement Unit:
in
AMICA Contributor:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number:
96.32.1a,b
Credit Line:
Gift of the Friends of the Institute
Inscriptions:
STICKER
Context:
This library table formed part of the elaborate interior decoration of the collector Thomas Hope's Picture Gallery at his London residence at Duchess Street. The table was published in Hope's 1807 Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, which illustrated his highly idiosyncratic neo-classical furniture.
Two paintings now in the Institute's collection once hung in Hope's galleries: Titian's The Temptation of Christ and Vasari's Six Tuscan Poets.
Related Multimedia Description:
Antenna Audio: Permanent Collection Tour
Related Image Identifier Link:
MIA_.1804c.tif
