Ottoman chest
Category
Furniture
Date
1900 - 1950
Materials
Textile, Wood
Measurements
38.5 x 129.5 x 46 cm
Place of origin
England
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Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318224
Summary
A fabric-covered ottoman chest, English, first half 20th century, the rectangular box with hinged lid lifting to reveal an interior well, the exterior of the box and lid covered with floral fabric.
Provenance
Sunnycroft was built in 1880 for J.G. Wackrill, founder of the Shropshire Brewery. It was bought in the early 1890s by Mary Jane Slaney who proceeded to extend the house and lay out the grounds to create the estate that is there today. After Mary Slaney died in 1912 the property was bought by her brother-in-law John Vernon Thomas Lander. Three generations of the Lander family lived at Sunnycroft. J.V.T. Lander's granddaughter Joan bequeathed the estate to the National Trust in 1997.