Pedestal
Unknown Artist
mid-1700s
Medium
carved, gilded, and painted wood
Dimensions
116.9 × 108 cm
Classification
Furniture and woodwork
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection
Accession Number
1967.143
About this artwork
The coat of arms on this pedestal is that of Cardinal York, the last of the Stuart pretenders to the British throne. He lived out his years in Rome, where he had been made a cardinal of the Church.