Card table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1760 - circa 1820
Materials
Mahogany, Fustic, Baize, Plate glass
Measurements
914 mm (Width)
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Croome Park, Worcestershire
NT 170924.1
Summary
A George III mahogany and fustic concertina action card table, one of a pair, with crossbanded rectangular green baize lined folding top, the plain legs of triangular section and with pierced C-scroll brackets, the hinges stamped H. Tibats; with plate glass tops. See also National Trust Inventory Number 170924.2
Provenance
Possibly one of the pair of card tables invoiced by Mayhew and Ince to the 6th Earl of Coventry on 13th March 1775 and described as ‘2 Mahogany best Card Tables with folding Frames line’d with superfine green Cloth’. Loaned to The National Trust by The Croome Heritage Trust in December 2007.