Occasional table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900 - circa 1970
Materials
Hardwood, mother-of-pearl, ivory, bone, shell, glass
Measurements
51 x 62.5 x 41.5 cm
Place of origin
Japan
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206635.2
Summary
A hardwood occasional table, one of a pair, the top formed from a Japanese shibayama panel, early to mid-20th century. The hardwood top inlaid with ivory, bone, mother-of-pearl and shell and forming a tree issuing flowers and leaves and with butterflies. The base of four legs with outswept feet and an 'X'-shaped stretcher ring-turned to simulate bamboo. With a square signature plaque. Protected by a plate glass cover.
Provenance
Listed in the Inventory taken at Wimpole in 1965 in Drawing Room No. 1 (p. 4). Date of acquisition not recorded, but probably acquired by George Bambridge (1892 - 1943) and Elsie Bambridge (1896 - 1976), who purchased a largely empty Wimpole in 1938. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Elsie Bambridge.