Side table

John Yenn

ca. 1780 · Carved, painted and gilded pine and mahogany; gilt bronze and gilt copper · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

A drawing related to the decoration of this, and two similar, tables has been attributed to John Yenn, a pupil and draftsman of the architect Sir William Chambers (1723–1796), who may have been responsible for their design. The Meeting of Bacchus and Ariadne on the Isle of Naxos, after a composition by the Italian painter Guido Reni (1575–1642), is depicted on the table's top. The monogram G IV R, for George IV Rex incised on the back, shows this to be one of the few pieces of furniture in the collection with an English royal provenance.

Artist

John Yenn

Date

ca. 1780

Medium

Carved, painted and gilded pine and mahogany; gilt bronze and gilt copper

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1929