Tea table

National Trust Inventory Number 1140034

Category	Furniture
Date	1675
Materials	Beechwood, Cedar, Coromandel lacquer, Ebony
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Place of origin

Collection	Ham House, Surrey (Accredited Museum)
On show at	Ham House, Surrey, London and South East, National Trust

Summary description

A composite tea table of cedarwood with lacquer and gilding on a base section of ebonised beech. The upper section has a fixed tray with cusped edges picked out in gold. The base of the tray is lacquered with a scene of figures in a landscape with trees and elephants. The upper section has six legs of cabriole form which are decorated on a red ground with low relief gilded carvings of oriental type. The legs of the base section are twist-turned with ball feet linked to stretchers which curve inwards towards the feet. The upper section is Javanese, the lower is English.

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Object Type	Tea table (59)