Cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
1727 - 1760
Materials
Kingwood, hardstone, jade, ivory.
Measurements
191 cm (H), 73.5 cm (W), 35 cm (D)
Order this imageCollection
Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1440480
Summary
[Destroyed in the fire of 2015] George II kingwood Chinoiserie cabinet, the door and sides faced with panels of Chinese hardstones on a simulated satinwood ground and including jade and ivory, with groups of figures, pavilions, birds and beasts, flowers and symbols of the hundred antiques, the interior with steps leading to a cupboard, drawers, pigeonholes with fret sides, and the back pierced with fret, with a pagoda cresting and the stand with chamfered legs and a pierced fret frieze. Provenance Langley.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1968 by Mrs Hannah Gubbay