Dressing table
Hobbs and Co.
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1875 - 1890
Materials
Walnut, brass, cedar, softwood, silvered mirror glass
Measurements
175 x 130 x 53 cm
Place of origin
England
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Greenway, Devon
NT 119443.3
Summary
A walnut dressing table, English, last quarter 19th century, part of a set of four pieces of bedroom furniture comprising a combination wardrobe [NT 119443.1], a clothes press [NT 119443.2] and a pot cupboard [NT 119443.4]. All with locks by Hobbs & Co. of London. One of the wardrobe doors with a door bolt marked 'W. TONKS & SONS / REGISTERED / APRIL 16 1873'. Having a superstructure centred by a beveled rectangular mirror plate in a surround with arched and fan-carved cresting, raised on fluted uprights topped by ball finials. Flanked to either side by a small square beveled mirror beneath a shelf with spindle gallery. The table of inverted breakfront form and centred by a shelf fronted by an arcade of four arches raised on slender spindles, another open shelf below. Flanked to either side by three graduated short drawers with fielded fronts. All raised on eight turned and ring-turned legs joined by a shelf stretcher with a front apron of turned spindles. The rails and uprights throughout decorated with flutes and bosses.
Provenance
The pot cupboard [NT 119443.4] which is part of the same set of bedroom furniture with provenance notes stating that it was introduced to Greenway by Agatha Christie Mallowan (1890-1976) and was listed in an inventory taken just before the house was requisitioned by the American Navy in 1942. Given to the National Trust by Mrs Rosalind Hicks (d. 2004), Anthony Hicks (d. 2005) and Mathew Prichard in 2006, and accepted in 2007.
Marks and inscriptions
Locks: HOBBS & CO. LONDON / LEVER / MACHINE MADE
Makers and roles
Hobbs and Co., locksmith