Side table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1740 (and later)
Materials
Giltwood, deal, marble
Measurements
91.5 cm (H); 88 cm (W); 50 cm (D)
Place of origin
England
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Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1181053.3
Summary
One of a set of three giltwood and marble topped side tables, English, circa 1740 and later. Each with a later verde antico marble top above a band frieze with egg and dart moulded edge and raised on eagle supports, standing on naturalistic plinths. Later oil gilded. Probably adapted and altered, see NT 11810 52 for a similar set of three tables in the Powis collection. Each share the later verde antico top and the egg and dart moulded frieze.
Provenance
Part of the indigenous collection of Powis Castle accepted in part satisfaction of the Estate duty after the death of the Right Honourable George Charles, 4th Earl of Powis, on 9th November 1952. The contract of the 'Offer of Property in Satisfaction of Estate Duty under the National Land Fund Scheme' was completed on 21st March 1963. Conveyed to National Trust ownership in 1992.
References
Bowett 2009, Early Georgian Furniture 1715 - 1740 (2009)