Vitrine cabinet
Gervais-Maximilien-Eugène Durand
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Oak carcass, mahogany veneer, gilt bronze mounts, Bleu Turquin marble and glass
Measurements
105.5 x 76 x 36.5 cm
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245954.1
Summary
A side cabinet-vitrine, from a pair, by Gervais Durand (1839- circa 1920), circa 1890, in the Louis XVI style, the rectangular marble top above a ribbon-tied foliate frieze and a glazed door, on tapering square feet, stamped "G.DURAND".
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but probably originally at 16 Charles Street, Mayfair, Mrs Greville's London home, and bequeathed by Margaret McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville (1863-1942) with Polesden Lacey, to the National Trust, in memory of her father, William McEwan (1827-1913) in 1942. This item found on the probate inventory record for Charles Street chattels at Polesden Lacey, found in the Dining Room, page 9.
Marks and inscriptions
Beneath the marble: G.DURAND
Makers and roles
Gervais-Maximilien-Eugène Durand, cabinetmaker