Chest stand
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1730
Materials
Carved and ebonised softwood
Measurements
97 x 150 x 66 cm
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Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140129.2
Summary
A stand, probably English, circa 1730, for a chest decorated with japanned work. Of rectangular form, the chest is raised on an ebonised stand with cabriole legs and pad feet.
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.