Quartetto table
Category
Furniture
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Softwood coated with lacquer, parcel gilding
Measurements
68 x 45.5 x 34.8 cm
Place of origin
China
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Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1147316.3
Summary
An occasional table, the third of a nest of four occasional tables, or quartetto tables, Chinese Export, 19th century. Of softwood, coated in lacquer and with parcel-gilding. Decorated with Chinoiserie motives. The rectangular top raised to each side on four turned and ring turned columnar supports, each on a pair of divergent feet. The rear supports joined by a curving rectangular-section stretcher.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.