Table
Rowland Ward Ltd (fl.1867-1912)
Category
Furniture
Date
1900 - 1960
Materials
Oak, mahogany and elephant hide
Measurements
787 mm (H); 1397 mm (W); 1140 mm (D)
Place of origin
Piccadilly
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1297631
Summary
An oak table, the top covered with the hide of an ear from an African bull elephant. 20th Century. Mahogany square tapering supports with stop toes, the elephant's ear attached to the upper surface. The table was made by Rowland Ward (trade label underneath). Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic and other objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Egerton collection devised to the National Trust in 1960 by Maurice, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874-1958)
Makers and roles
Rowland Ward Ltd (fl.1867-1912), taxidermist