Untitled
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1575 - circa 1600
Materials
Carved, turned and joined walnut
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245855
Summary
A group of four similar caqueteuses, French, last quarter of the 16th century. All with differences in carved designs and the manner of their turnings. All with a carved back panel within carved rails beneath a carved cresting, and with flat outswept arms on turned balusters, and with turned front legs. The seats boarded around the arms.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. These items found on the record for Polesden Lacey Entrance Hall, page 1 and The Corridor, page 8.