Butler's tray stand
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1850 - circa 1899
Materials
Stained beech, canvas, metal
Measurements
73 x 51.5 x 48.2 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 207048.1
Summary
A beech folding stand, English, late 19th century, supporting a walnut butler's tray [NT 207048.2]. Of two rails fitted with canvas straps and raised on crossed supports with stretchers.
Provenance
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.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of stretcher: PATENT 8417