Dining table
Philip Tilden (1887-1956)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1924
Materials
Oak
Measurements
73.5 x 183.5 x 182 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 1101665.1
Summary
An oak centre or dining table, one of two, English, thought to have been designed by the architect Philip Tilden, made by Heals, circa 1924, the circular weathered oak top above four turned column legs on four intersected sledge feet. Philip Tilden was employed by Winston Churchill to re-design Chartwell to suit the needs of his family. A circular table (NT 1101665.1 or .2) and a pair of rectangular tables (NT 1101664.1 & .2) are recorded in the Heal's books 'as sketch' as being ordered for Churchill in 1924.
Provenance
The order for a circular table (NT 1101665.1 or .2) and a pair of rectangular tables (NT 1101664.1 & .2) are mentioned in Oliver S. Heal's 'Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory, 1897-1939', p.209, 'Amongst the 1924 special orders were two 6ft x 3ft Weathered Oak tables (at £16 15s od) and one circular table (at £22) 'as sketch' for Churchill.....Sadly no sketch survives as it was presumably done by the architect Philip Tilden for his client Winston Churchill's house, Chartwell in Kent where the tables are still preserved. ' 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.
Makers and roles
Philip Tilden (1887-1956) , designer Heals , manufacturer
References
Sir Ambrose Heal and the Heal Cabinet Factory, 1897-1939, 'Amongst the 1924 special orders were two 6ft x 3ft Weathered Oak tables (at £16 15s od) and one circular table (at £22) 'as sketch' for Churchill.....Sadly no sketch survives as it was presumably done by the architect Philip Tilden for his client Winston Churchill's house, Chartwell in Kent where the tables are still preserved.'