Console table
Category
Furniture
Date
1727 - 1760
Materials
Giltwood, ebonised wood and marble
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Rievaulx Terrace, North Yorkshire
NT 202011.2
Summary
One of a pair of George II console tables of gilt eagles with ebonised bases with sienna marble top, the frieze decorated with Vitruvian scrolls, supported on a carved gilt eagle with outstretched wings mounted on a black wooden base.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust for display at Rievaulx Terrace, 1972.