Chair-table
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak
Measurements
31 ins (h)35.75 ins (w)20.875 ins (d)
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Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1274842
Summary
A combined seat and table in dark stained oak on bracket feet. Table top, carved above and below with flower and foliage patterns, slides and tilts to form seat back. Scroll ended arms on baluster supports. Centre of seat hinged to form lid to chest below. The panelled front, sides and back of the base are carved with acanthus leaves curving from a stem terminating in a trefoil.
Provenance
Bequest of George Bernard Shaw 1950