Pier table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Mahogany, satinwood, boxwood, ebony
Measurements
71 x 109 x 53.5 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246178
Summary
A pier table, of mahogany and satinwood with boxwood stringing, English, circa 1780. The demi-circular top crossbanded in satinwood, above strung friezes. Raised on four tapering square-section legs, headed by simple boxwood-strung ovals and inlaid with boxwood lines. Joined by a demi-circular platform or shelf stretcher, inlaid to its edge with boxwood and ebony lines.
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 Charles Street chattels at Polesden Lacey, found in the Study, page 42.