Pair of marquetry inlaid side tables
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1690 - 1700
Materials
Princeswood, holly, oak, deal, brass
Place of origin
England
Collection
Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 1190824
Summary
A pair of marquetry inlaid princeswood side tables, English, circa 1690-1700. Each with a triple banded rectangular top inlaid with arabesque or 'seaweed' marquetry panels above a single frieze drawer and raised on 'in line' S scroll legs tied by a shaped X stretcher and with bun feet. The base inlaid with conforming marquetry panels.
Full description
A pair of marquetry inlaid princeswood side tables, English, circa 1690-1700.Each with a triple banded rectangular top inlaid with arabesque or 'seaweed' marquetry panels above a single frieze drawer and raised on 'in line' S scroll legs tied by a shaped X stretcher and with bun feet. The base inlaid with conforming marquetry panels.
Provenance
This pair of side tables (and matching set of two mirrors) were previously in the drawing room of Holme Lacy, the inherited house sold by Lord Chesterfield in 1910 (see sale catalogue, lots 583-584 & associated photographs, p44). All are recorded in the Hereford Times (5.2.1910) as having been purchased by a Mr Lee for 580 gns. Either they were purchased back by Lady Chesterfield or else Mr Lee was acting as an agent for the Chesterfields as they later reappeared at Beningbrough (which was purchased by Lady Chesterfield in 1917); see Country Life: 'Furniture at Beningbrough Hall by M.Jourdain (3.12.1927). Beningbrough Hall was given to the National Trust in 1958 in lieu of death duties by the heirs of the Countess of Chesterfield and the contents were sold off. A small number of items were purchased for retention in the hall, including these mirrors and side tables. See 1958 Auction Catalogue (lots 730 & 729) and Ministry of Works "Schedule of objects given to the National Trust for preservation at Beningbrough Hall".
References
Bowett 2002: Adam Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714, 2002, pl.9:9