Card table
Thomas Sheraton (Stockton-on-Tees 1751 – 1806)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1800 - 1808
Materials
Mahogany, boxwood, baize
Measurements
75.5 x 91 x 45 cm
Place of origin
England
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Chartwell, Kent
NT 1101710
Summary
A line-inlaid mahogany card-table, English, circa 1800, with demi-lune fold-over top, inlaid to the top interior with green baize, the curved frieze with boxwood and ebonized line-inlay and decorated with lozenges, on four square-section tapering legs, the legs line-inlaid, double swing-action to the rear.
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.
Makers and roles
Thomas Sheraton (Stockton-on-Tees 1751 – 1806), furniture designer