Cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Ebonised beech and fruitwood, deal construction, marble, ormolu mounted, brass inlaid faux tortoiseshell
Measurements
110 x 64 x 35.5 cm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1398385.1.1
Summary
A 'Boulle' ebonised beech and brass inlaid faux tortoiseshell and ormolu mounted pier cabinets or meubles d'appui, French, circa 1880 Cast brass edge and single paneled door inlaid with arabesques of scrolling and interlaced foliage and scrolls, enclosing shelves. The door flanked by pilasters headed by ionic capitals. The sides with further cast brass mounts and a cast brass mount to the top edge of the plinth base. See 1398385.1.2 & 1.3 for black marble top & interior shelf.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)