Detail View: The AMICA Library: Library Table
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.96.32.1a,b
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Hope, Thomas
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Creator Nationality:
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European; British; English
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Creator Role:
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designer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1769 - 1831
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Thomas Hope
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Title:
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Library Table
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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about 1800
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Creation Start Date:
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1780
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Creation End Date:
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1820
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Materials and Techniques:
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wood, paint, gilt
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Classification Term:
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Furniture
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Dimensions:
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H.33 x W.55-3/4 x D.37-3/4 in. (overall)
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Component Measured:
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overall
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Measurement Unit:
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in
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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96.32.1a,b
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Credit Line:
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Gift of the Friends of the Institute
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Inscriptions:
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STICKER
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Rights:
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Context:
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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. |
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Related Multimedia Description:
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Antenna Audio: Permanent Collection Tour
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.1804c.tif
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