Pier table
Category
Furniture
Date
1720 - 1750
Materials
oak & gesso
Measurements
760 x 840 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 287915.2
Summary
One of a pair of gilt gesso pier tables, of rectangular form with cabriole legs on round feet. The front corners project slightly and are rounded. Gesso decoration in low relief was originally on the top surface of the table, now badly eroded. The frieze and shoulders have acanthus decoration with anthemion and husks, now grained with darker decoration. Oak carcase.