134135 ANeo- Classical mahogany and brass cocktail table, with a finely pierced brass gallery to the top and undertier, raised palmette corners to the top, rams head capital legs and ' X' support sides centered by ram's head roundels, on hoof feet. The original circa 1780. AL51013 503/ 4x251/ 4x251/ 2in. 128 x 64 x 64 cm. Afine Regency twotier lamp table, the square mahogany tiers with pierced brass galleries, the side and back supports joined by' X'stretchers, centered by cast ram's heads. The brass- work replicated from the Lantern circa 1800 in the Oak Passage. AL50072 251/ 4x251/ 4x261/ 4in. 64 x 64 x 66 cm.

134135 Designed in 1788- 90, as part of the new ground floor reception, this room admirably testifies to Henry Holland's refined reticence. No effect is the least bit worked for: even the ceiling was added later ( by Broadbent of Leicester in 1865), while the double doors, which permit the whole wing to be opened to view, are Victorian. Holland'stouch is best shown in the fireplace, which was worked by John Deval. By lowering the sill, and keeping the decorative pilasters to simple, diagonally scrolled urns, he successfully offset the lack of ceiling height. As a result the proportions have always been right for intimate groups of paintings. THE BILLIARD ROOM