Escritoire
Category
Furniture
Date
c. 1770 - c. 1829
Materials
Lacquered and painted deal
Measurements
120.5 x 67.5 x 42.2 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 354227
Summary
An escritoire, probably converted or made up in England in the late 18th or early 19th century. The exterior of the fall front incorporating a Chinese lacquer panel depicting tendrils and bamboo in gold on black within borders of imitation Japanese nashiji (‘pear skin ground’) lacquer and a mother-of-pearl inlay diaper pattern, with false hinges imitating those of a cabinet with side-hung doors, the sides plain black within the same borders and with metal handles, the varnished plain wood interior fitted with open compartments. Raised on an ebonised stand, English, late 18th or early 19th century, decorated with gilt lines, and on four square-section tapering legs terminating in spade feet. Likely intended as a companion piece to cabinet NT 354228.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by the 11th Marquess of Lothian, 1940.