Escritoire stand
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1675
Materials
Oak, walnut and olivewood, brass
Measurements
76.2 x 120.4 x 43.4 cm
Place of origin
England
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Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140035.2
Summary
A stand, English, circa 1675, supporting the escritoire or 'scriptor' [NT 1140035.1], with a frieze drawer, on four twist-turned legs and ball feet joined by four flat straight stretchers.
Provenance
Possibly listed in the Ham House inventory of 1679, in the Duchess's Private Closet, as "One scriptore and frame of walnut tree". 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.