# Octagonal Library Table

- By: Richard Hicks Bridgens (English, 1785-1846; Made by Edward Holmes Baldock; English, 1777-1845; London, England)
- Date: c. 1840; designed 1832
- Medium: 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…
- Classification: Furniture
- Dimensions: 74.9 × 137.2 × 148.6 cm (30 × 54 × 58 1/2 in.)
- Culture: London
- Credit line: Gift of The Antiquarian Society from the Capital Campaign Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/69840)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/1cc787e2-6f3b-0f3e-2d91-2445fdbb69ab/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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