Dressing table
Category
Furniture
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Mahogany, brass. ceramic, glass
Measurements
76.5 x 109 x 68 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288312
Summary
A mahogany serpentine dressing table, British, 19th century, the shaped top with moulded rim and raised strip to the rear, with three cockbeaded drawers to the frieze, each drawer with brass oval backplates and swan neck handles, on four square-section tapering legs with moulded sections terminating in brass and ceramic castors, a modern shaped glass top to the table top.
Provenance
In 1937 Sir Geoffrey Mander and his wife Rosalie gifted Wightwick Manor, its contents and gardens to the National Trust. Sir Geoffrey and his family continued to occupy and manage Wightwick adding to the collection in collaboration with the National Trust. Sir Geoffrey died in 1962 but Lady Mander continued to live at Wightwick until her death in 1988. This table is listed in the Wightwick Manor 1937 inventory.