Etagere
Category
Furniture
Date
1900 - 1965
Materials
Brass, leather, wood
Measurements
57 x 53 x 40.5 cm
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Chartwell, Kent
NT 1101630
Summary
A gilt-brass two-tier étagère, English, 20th century, the four round supports with pineapple finials and shaped feet, the two stained beech shelves lined with gilt-tooled red leather.
Provenance
Chartwell was purchased by Winston Churchill in 1922 and for the next 40 years it was the family home. Presented to the National Trust in 1946, Winston and Clementine Churchill continued to live there until 1965 when it was relinquished to the management of the National Trust. Much of the contents of Chartwell were accepted by the Treasury in payment of death duty and retained in the house. Lady Churchill also gifted many pieces and others are on loan from the Churchill family.