Centre table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Stinkwood
Measurements
68 x 75 x 55.5 cm
Place of origin
South Africa
Order this imageCollection
Owletts, Kent
NT 1410947
Summary
A stinkwood centre table, South African, circa 1890. The rounded rectangular top with moulded edge, above friezes with shaped drop pendant detail, standing on angled accentuated cabriole legs with pad feet. This table is shown in situ in the Country Life article of 31 December 1943 entitled 'Cobham, Kent : Owletts' by Christopher Hussey.
Provenance
Originally at Sandhills, the house that Sir Herbert Baker built for himself near Cape Town, South Africa.
References
Country Life Limited Country life. 1897-, 'Cobham, Kent : Owletts', by Christopher Hussey, 31 December 1943