Pedestal table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1750 (the needlework) - circa 1860 (the table)
Materials
Walnut, mahogany, needlework, glass
Measurements
72.5 cm (Height); 83 cm (Diameter)
Place of origin
England
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245917
Summary
A lacquered and parcel-gilt walnut tilt-top pedestal table, English, circa 1860, the top lined with a panel of petit-point needlework, French, circa 1750. The octagonal tilt-top lined with a petit-point needlework panel of lovers in a landscape, within a gros-point border of flowers and foliage. The edge beaded in mahogany. Raised on a lacquered and parcel-gilt base of three legs carved with acanthus and terminating in scroll feet on small platforms. With a later plate glass protective top.
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 Central Hall, page 3.