Cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1675
Materials
Walnut parquetry veneer, turned walnut
Measurements
159 x 120 x 52 cm
Place of origin
England
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Ham House, Surrey
NT 1139922.1
Summary
A cabinet, English, circa 1675, pine veneered with walnut parquetry of oyster-pieces and cross-cuttings. The upper section opening with a pair of doors to an interior centred by a small door surrounded by nine drawers and surmounted by further a long drawer, above a frieze fitted with a long drawer mounted with a brass escutcheon and two ring handles with lion's masks. At each end of this drawer is a long narrow secret compartment. The cabinet is raised on a table stand (NT 1139922.2) with a long drawer, on spirally turned legs and bun feet joined by a flat stretcher.
Provenance
Acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002.
References
Edwards, Ralph, 1894-1977 shorter dictionary of English furniture : 1964.