Thomas Hope probably ordered this mosaic tabletop to an Etruscan design with a Greek vase to the centre when in Rome in 1795 from Raffaelli thereby encapsulating his interest that saw four vase rooms at Duchess Street after the purchase in 1801 of the second Hamilton Greek vase collection. Displayed in the Picture Gallery in Duchess Street designed by Charles Heathcote Tatham the table is now among a group of iconic objects from Duchess Street belonging to a most discerning client: the Knoblock table (Bard 92), the pair of chairs from the collection of Sir James Stirling (Bard 83) and the green greywacke Romano Egyptian Libation cup once the centrepiece of the Egyptian Room.
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