Library table
Category
Furniture
Date
1760 - 1765
Materials
Mahogany and leather
Measurements
795 x 1865 x 1475 mm
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Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1440690
Summary
George III mahogany pedestal library table, c1760-65. The leather inset surface of slight breakfront form above a blind fret frieze, on pedestals fitted with columns of 4 drawers and folio cupboards flanking a triumphal arch, the canted corners carved with acanthus volute scrolls above floral pendant trusses. This important table would have stood in the centre of a library and is notable for the quality of its carved decoration. Other library tables which can be seen by the public are the Pomfret Castle Library gothic table at Temple Newsam and the table made as part of a suite for Sir Roland Winn for Nostell Priory (NT)
Provenance
In Lord Ebury's collection when illustrated in Ralph Edwards, Dictionary of English Furniture, London 1924 (see revised reprinted edition 1983 p. 248 fig.19). Described in an article by Frank Davis (published in The Illustrated London News, 30 March 1929) as having been made for Kenwood, so possibly purchased by Lord Ebury in the Kenwood sale of 1922. Presumably purchased by Partridges, London and then purchased by Sir Henry Price for Wakehurst Place. Given as a gift by Lady Price to the National Trust in 1978. On display at Wakehurst Place for many years, the desk was then on display in a large first floor room (known as the State Dining Room or Barlow Room) at Clandon Park 2004-2010.