Work table
Category
Furniture
Date
1850
Materials
Cotton, Dalbergia nigra, Paper, Rosewood [dalbergia nigra], Silk
Measurements
740 mm (H)460 mm (W)360 mm (D)
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Greenway, Devon
NT 118616
Summary
Tunbridgeware rosewood work table, circa 1840, the oblong hinged compartment inlaid with a cube parquetry panel with micro-mosaic floral, and laminated curled wood bands, the frieze with further micro-mosaic panels of Prince of Wales crest above a pleated silk workbag in a stirrup frame on a chamfered square tapering stem, and in-curved oblong platform with volute scrolled feet; damaged.
Provenance
Introduced to the Property by Agatha Christie Mallowan