Occasional table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1750 (and later)
Materials
Oak carcass, veneer of kingwood, purpleheart, ormolu and marble
Measurements
71 x 48 x 34 cm
Place of origin
France
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245969
Summary
An occasional table, French, Louis XV, circa 1750, later enriched with a marble top and gilt bronze mounts, the serpentine top above three drawers, on cabriole legs joined by an undertier with a pierced gallery surround.
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 11.