Pier table
Peter Thuring
Date
circa 2013
Materials
Carved pine, white painted and gilded, Portor marble
Place of origin
England
Collection
Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 2900048
Summary
Replacement copy of the pier table made circa 1750 and destroyed by the fire in 1989, supplied in 2013 by Peter Thuring, see (NT 137636.1), gilded and white painted, with a Portor marble top above an open frieze carved with scrolling leaves and flower swags, centred by a shell shaped cartouche, the four massive zoomorphic legs headed by a curved acanthus feet and terminating in lion's feet. The original console formed one of a pair commissioned by Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh (1714-1774) and were intended for the Saloon where Repton's bookcases have been placed circa 1815. They might have been supplied by John Bladwell (fl.1725-1768), established in Covent Garden, who provided carved giltwood furniture to Uppark between 1750-60 as his name occurs several times in Sir Matthew's accounts books.
Provenance
Commissioned by the National trust from Peter Thuring as a replacement copy of (NT 137636.1) which was lost in the 1989 Uppark fire. Supplied in 2013.
Makers and roles
Peter Thuring, carver