Torchère
possibly George Hepplewhite (d.1786)
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany
Measurements
43.25 ins (h)11.75 ins (diam)
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Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1274752
Summary
A mahogany torchere with moulded rim to circular top, eight-sided baluster column, plantain leaf base on three cabriole legs carved with leaves on the knees, and claw feet.
Provenance
Bequest of George Bernard Shaw, 1950.
Makers and roles
possibly George Hepplewhite (d.1786), producer