Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of Europe: July 2009–June 2011
Monopodium
about 1802
[Role] Thomas Hope
Height and Diameter: 63.2 x 30.2 cm (24 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)
Mahogany; the top replaced
Classification: Furniture
Culture: English
Accession number: 2010.1040
Description: The little round monopodium or stand, of which the top, through means of a slider and a screw, is capable of being raised or lowered at pleasure. The top is probably an old restoration, which would account both for its design, which is simpler than in the engraving, and for its smaller diameter. The construction of the table's mechanism corresponds precisely to the drawing and description in "Household Furniture," and the carving, as with the documented Ashmolean tables and the Victoria and Albert table, appears to have the quality of carving associated with Bogaert.
Provenance/Ownership History: Possibly by descent from Thomas Hope to his grandson, Lord Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope (b. 1866 - d. 1941), Dorking, Surrey; September 12-19, 1917, possibly in the Lord Pelham Clinton Hope sale, Humbert and Flint, London, lot 921. 2005, Galerie Steinitz, Paris. 2010, Horace Wood Brock, New York; 2010, gift of Horace Wood Brock to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011).
Gift of Horace Wood Brock