Breakfast table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Mahogany, crossbanded in satinwood, brass
Measurements
70.5 x 166.5 x 140 cm
Place of origin
England
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246033
Summary
A mahogany and satinwood-crossbanded tilt-top breakfast table, English, circa 1780. The oval tilt-top raised on a ring-turned gun barrel column and four downswept legs terminating in brass caps and castors with rectangular mahogany mounts.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded; 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.