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Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
mahogany
Measurements
1135 mm (Height); 640 mm (Diameter)
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Greys Court, Oxfordshire
NT 195531
Summary
A three tier circular mahogany dumb waiter, on tripod carved legs. 18th/early19th century(?).
Full description
A three tier circular mahogany dumb waiter, on tripod carved legs. 18th/early19th century(?). Dumbwaiters can be two or three trays mounted on a central pillar supported by a tripod base and were first made in 18th century England but soon spread to France and Germany. They remained popular items until the 1830s.
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust from the Estate of Lady Elizabeth Brunner, 2005.