Drop-leaf table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1760
Materials
Mahogany, elements of carcass of oak
Measurements
72 x 138 cm
Place of origin
England
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Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1127997
Summary
A mahogany drop-leaf table, English, circa 1760, the oval top with twin drop-leaves, raised on four turned club supports terminating in pad feet.
Provenance
By descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959.