Library table
Category
Furniture
Date
1830
Materials
mahogany, rosewood & gilt brass
Measurements
710 x 1390 mm
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288629
Summary
Octagonal mahogany table with rosewood cross-banding around the outer edge. Four drawers in the frieze. Tapering stem with ebonised reeding, and tripod base on carved gilt lion paws. Mahogany and ebonised bands aorund the frieze, a curved lower edge to non-drawer sections. The drawers have giltmetal rings on lion masks. Circa 1830.