Card table
Thomas Sheraton (Stockton-on-Tees 1751 – 1806)
Category
Furniture
Date
1800 - 1829
Materials
Mahogany, boxwood, baize
Measurements
74 x 91 x 46 cm
Place of origin
England
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Chartwell, Kent
NT 1101631
Summary
A mahogany and inlaid card table, English, early 19th century, the D-shaped top with line and fleur-de-lys boxwood inlay, the top opening to reveal a green baize-lined interior, the top swiveling to be supported open across the boxwood-inlaid frieze, with two ring-turned columns on a plinth with four downswept legs terminating in brass castors with lion paw caps, line-inlay to the plinth and legs, paper label applied to the underside printed 'S.YOUNG & SON. LTD./THE DEPOSITORIES./SEVENOAKS' and handwritten '4/.. [some undecipherable text]'.
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.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside, paper label: S.YOUNG & SON. LTD./THE DEPOSITORIES./SEVENOAKS' and handwritten '4/.. (some undecipherable text)
Makers and roles
Thomas Sheraton (Stockton-on-Tees 1751 – 1806), furniture designer