Escritoire stand
Category
Furniture
Date
1700 - 1800
Materials
Walnut
Measurements
810 mm (H); 1280 mm (W); 445 mm (D)
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1170739.1
Summary
Stand. Escritorie stand for a late 17thc German/English walnut fall-front escritoire, (locally made) with cabriole legs.
Provenance
Previously amongst the chattels that, in 1978, were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales. In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust. Purchased by the National Trust in 2000.