Nesting table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Chinoiserie decorated lacquer, paint, parcel gilt
Measurements
68.2 cm (H); 31.5 cm (W); 34.5 cm (D)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1180802.4
Summary
One of a set of four chinoiserie decorated lacquer nesting tables, Chinese Export, circa 1820. Each with a rectangular top decorated with dragons,figures and buildings within landscapes and raised on ring turned twin end supports and cheval feet, tied by a bowed stretcher.
Provenance
Recorded in 1944 Inventory as ‘A set of 4 lac Quartetto tables, 12in, 14in, 16in, 19in.' in Tapestry Drawing Room (Blue Drawing Room). Accepted by HM Treasury on 21st March, 1963 in lieu of tax and conveyed to National Trust ownership on 29th November 1963.