Plinth
Category
Furniture
Date
1840 - 1870
Materials
Ebonised beech, gilt-metal
Measurements
107.5 x 28 x 28 cm
Order this imageCollection
Carlyle's House, London
NT 263506.1
Summary
A gilt-metal mounted ebonized pedestal, one of a pair, circa 1840-70, the moulded top above a gilt-metal band of acanthus leaves, swags of leaves and berries, rosettes, supported by a paneled, square tapering column, the recesses with edged with gilt-metal bands, the waisted socle on a square plinth base further mounted with gilt-metal. Two recessed sides of the columns decorated with gilt-metal masks above trailing garlands of leaves and berries.
Provenance
Not associated with the Carlyles during their time at Cheyne Row. Bequeathed to the house by Carew Wallace, former National Trust Chief Agent with responsibility for Carlyle's House, circa 2000.