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It is clearly an architect-designed piece, with unusually attenuated legs and fine proportions. It was probably made purely for decoration rather than for use.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Chambers once described himself as 'a very pretty connoisseur in furniture'. His table was made by the Swedish cabinet-maker Georg Haupt (1741-1784) when he was in London. After spending five years in Paris and London, Haupt returned to Stockholm in 1769 to become cabinet-maker to the Swedish royal family.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>The table is made of oak, veneered with satinwood, ebony and other woods, with specimen marbles set in the top.<br><br><b>Time</b><br>The use of marble specimens set in tables was considered very fashionable during the 1760s and 1770s, and interest in Classical archaeology was widespread. An important contribution was Chambers's own <i>Treatise on Civil Architecture</i>, published in 1759, which helped establish him as one of the leading Neo-classical architects of his day. Chambers had studied extensively in Paris between 1749 and 1750, and in Rome between 1750 and 1755. The shape of the legs was probably inspired by Greek urns.","physicalDescription":"The following description has been transcribed from the original accession record of 1977. ENGLISH: dated 1769. Small Satinwood table with one drawer with laurel festoons, and the top inlaid with nine specimen plaques of coloured marbles on tapering legs with x-shaped stretcher.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Chambers, William (Sir)","id":"A8236"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Haupt, Georg","id":"A1348"},"association":{"text":"cabinet-maker","id":"AAT25370"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"satinwood","id":"AAT12451"},{"text":"ebony","id":"AAT12055"}],"techniques":[{"text":"inlay (process)","id":"AAT53850"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Satinwood, oak and pine, inlaid with ebony and hardstones","categories":[{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"},{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006AP9935","2021MU7552"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"CNFR","id":"THES49206"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"CNFR","id":"THES49206"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"FWK3 (VA)","id":"THES49462"},"free":"","case":"KEYS","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Table","id":""}],[{"text":"drawer","id":""}],[{"text":"key","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1769","earliest":"1769-01-01","latest":"1769-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Purchased with the assistance of the Brigadier Clark Fund through Art Fund","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"75","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"42.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"42.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Designed by Sir William Chambers (born in Göteborg, Sweden, 1723, died in London, 1796); made in London by Georg Haupt (born in Stockholm, 1741, died there in 1784)\n\nHistorical significance: The fact of this table's manufacture are recoreded in an insccription. The collaboration between Chambers, architect to George III, and Haupt, a Swedish cabinet maker trained in Paris, makes this a crucial example of advanced Neo-classical taste.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Table, satinwood, inlaid with ebony, the top inlaid with specimen marbles. English, 1769. Designed by William Chambers and made by Georg Haupt.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Thornton, Peter. ‘A Very Special Year: The Victoria and Albert Museum’s Furniture Acquisitions in 1977’. Connoisseur, vol 198, no 196, June 1978."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lucy Wood, 'George Haupt and his Compatriots in London', in <i>Furniture History</i>, vol. 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Inset with 'antique' marble plaques.\r\n\r\nDesigned by the architect William Chambers for his own use, and made by the Swedish cabinet-maker George Haupt, when he was in London in 1769.\r\n\r\nPurchased by the Brigadier Clark Fund through the National Art-Collections Fund.","date":{"text":"pre October 2000","earliest":null,"latest":"2000-09-30"}},{"text":"British Galleries:\r\nThis small Neo-classical table was designed by the architect Sir William Chambers for his own use. 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