Pembroke table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1790
Materials
Burr yew, tulipwood, satinwood, boxwood and brass
Measurements
71 x 73 x 96 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245897
Summary
A burr yew-veneered and inlaid Pembroke table, English, circa 1790. The oval top with twin drop-leaves inlaid with a central patera and with inlaid lines, the edge crossbanded in tulipwood. Above an end frieze drawer and a false end frieze drawer and raised on four boxwood-strung tapering square-section legs terminating in brass caps and castors.
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 Library, page 19.