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A work made of ebony, boxwood, kingwood, mahogany, satinwood, pine, cedar, chestnut, tulipwood, and various stained and shaded woods, with ivory, pearl-shell, copper and brass inlay; the carcass of the top and of the drawer linings is mahogany; the carcass of the base pedestal is pine; replacement leather.

Octagonal Library Table

c. 1840; designed 1832

Attributed to Richard Hicks Bridgens English, 1785-1846 Made by Edward Holmes Baldock English, 1777-1845 London, England

London

Ebony, boxwood, kingwood, mahogany, satinwood, pine, cedar, chestnut, tulipwood, and various stained and shaded woods, with ivory, pearl-shell, copper and brass inlay; the carcass of the top and of the drawer linings is mahogany; the carcass of the base pedestal is pine; replacement leather

Applied Arts of Europe