Sideboard
Category
Furniture
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Kingwood, oak carcass, marble, purpleheart, various marquetry woods, brass
Measurements
86 x 84.5 x 61 cm
Place of origin
France
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245870
Summary
A small kingwood and marquetry demi-lune side cabinet, or commode, French, 19th century, in the Louis XVI style. Topped by a piece of white marble, and fitted with a drawer and a cupboard door, with shaped front frieze and raised on four tapering round-section legs terminating in brass caps. Decorated with marquetry panels against a stained green ground. The inlay of musical trophies, vases and foliage and flowers. The marquetry panels bordered in purple heart.
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. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey King's Bedroom, page 59.