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A. W. N. Pugin. A rare Gothic Revival carved oak library or serving table with floor level display shelf. Probably made by J. C. Crace. Pugin used a number of recurring motifs, on furniture in the House of Lords, the Royal apartments, and in the House of Commons. Among those are the Tudor rose, a five-petal combination of the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster including the Queen's monogram, "VR" for''Victoria Regina''which is carved each side of a''T'' entwined with clover style leaves within a blind Quatrefoil. The carved floral extensions to the upper legs are seen in his earlier work as too are the arched details and through tenons.
