Three alternative designs for a pier table for Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire
Rattee & Kett (1855 - 1926)
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
circa 1860
Materials
Pencil
Measurements
560 x 425 mm
Place of origin
Cambridge
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206245
Summary
Rattee and Kett. Three alternative designs for a pier table, c.1860, inscribed 'For the Right Honble The Earl of Hardwicke. Proposed Designs for Hall Table, Wimpole Hall, pencil (560 x 425mm), scale 1 inch to 1 foot, watermark: J WHATMAN
Full description
Front and side elevations are given for three alternative designs, which vary in their degree of ornamentation; the third option with a straight, reeded support rather than scrolled leg. This design described as a 'Hall Table' is clearly related to the nine other designs for side tables for the Dining Room[1] [1] David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007, pp.129-131, cat. nos. 283-291 Catalogue entry adapted from David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007
Provenance
Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke (1799 - 1873); bequeathed by Elsie Kipling, Mrs George Bambridge (1896 – 1976), daughter of Rudyard Kipling, to the National Trust together with Wimpole Hall, all its contents and an estate of 3000 acres.
Marks and inscriptions
Top right: For the Right Honble The Earl of Hardwicke. / Proposed Designs for Hall Table, Wimpole Hall / Scale 1 inch to the foot Watermark: J WHATMAN Bottom right: Rattee & Kett / Cambridge
Makers and roles
Rattee & Kett (1855 - 1926), designer
References
Adshead 2007: David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007, p.129, no. 282