After the death of Edwin Lascelles in 1795, his cousin Edward commissioned the younger Thomas Chippendale to supply a number of pieces according to his father's style. Although Thomas Chippendale the Elder died in 1779 his son had been trained up to run the business prior to this and it is uncertain exactly when he took over the business from his father. It is difficult to decide when the firm supplied some of the later pieces at Harewood, and whether father or son designed them.
The four pier tables in the Gallery, placed in between each of the windows, are the only pieces at Harewood that can definitely be attributed to Chippendale the Younger. These were invoiced in 1797, where it is also recorded that the marble tops were the work of one of the best known provincial sculptors, Fisher of York. The pier glasses placed above each of these tables are more difficult to attribute, but they do have affinities with a set of looking-glasses probably designed by Chippendale the Younger for the salon at Burton Constable. They have similar figures flanking the sides and are also surmounted by painted medallions. The paintings seen here are very much in the style of Angelica Kauffman, with mythological subjects representing four different aspects of love, all in Arcadian settings. Three of which are taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Two Pier Glass Tables
1796
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