Side table
Alexander Hunter (fl. c.1700)
Category
Furniture
Date
1701
Materials
Cedar, marble
Measurements
75 x 121 x 60 cm
Place of origin
Dyrham Park
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 452968
Summary
A cedar and marble side table, the frame made by Alexander Hunter and Jonathan Fisher, English, 1701 The Carerra marble top with moulded edge above a long frieze drawer and raised on turned baluster legs tied by an H stretcher, bobbin turned feet. The marble top was bought from London and the frame was made on site by Alexander Hunter and Jonathan Fisher in 1701. Another table in the Dyrham collection (NT453069) was constructed in the same manner also in 1701. See: Bowett, Adam 'English Furniture 1660-1714' ACC 2002 pg.282 figs.9.19 & 9.20
Provenance
The frame made by Alexander Hunter and Jonathan Fisher on site at Dyrham Park in 1701 The marble top bought in London at the same time. Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works and given to Dyrham Park in 1961.
Makers and roles
Alexander Hunter (fl. c.1700), joiner Jonathan Fisher (fl. c.1700), joiner
References
Bowett 2002: Adam Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714, 2002, pg.282