Sofa table
Category
Furniture
Date
1810 - 1830
Materials
Palisander, satinwood cross banding, oak and deal and gilt bronze
Measurements
74 x 150 x 66.2 cm
Place of origin
England
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Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 354221
Summary
A palisander and satinwood cross banded and brass mounted sofa table. English, circa 1820. With a double hinged rectangular top with rounded corners above a pair of frieze drawers with circular brass drop handles. With twin end supports tied by an arched stretcher on four down swept legs and cast brass castors. bearing the trade label of Frank Partridge Founded in 1900 by the present Frank Partridge’s great grandfather, the business opened a gallery almost opposite Christie’s in King Street, dealing in the very finest English and French furniture and Chinese porcelain. When these premises were bombed in 1939 Frank Partridge Snr moved his business to the famous “Partridge” building opposite Sotheby’s in New Bond Street and in circa 1912 opened a shop in New York, on Fifth Avenue. During this period, Partridge’s received the Royal Warrant as Purveyors of Fine Art to Queen Mary, a frequent visitor to the gallery. Records in the archive of the Burrell Collection show that one of Partridge's earliest customers was the great art collector, William Hesketh Lever (1851-1925) the first Lord Leverhulme. Lord Lever (as he later became known) purchased Chinese porcelain and furniture from Partridge for over twenty years. Another important early client was Philip Kerr, the 11th Marquess of Lothian. Lord Lothian and Partridge were friends and he helped to furnish Blickling hall in the 1930s.
Provenance
Part of the Lothian Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by Philip, 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882-1940).