Cabinet stand
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1740
Materials
Mahogany, carved and veneered
Measurements
68 x 81 x 40 cm
Place of origin
England
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Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485415
Summary
A mahogany table stand, English, circa 1740, supporting a late seventeenth century cabinet (NT 485416), the top within a moulded surround above a large plain frieze, on cabriole legs carved with shells and foliage to the knees and terminated by lion's paw feet.
Provenance
By descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.