Writing table
Category
Furniture
Date
1750 - 1800
Materials
Ebony, ivory, mahogany and possibly polar
Measurements
1295 x 1185 x 573 mm
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Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499563
Summary
An Italian ebony veneered writing cabinet, inlaid with engraved ivory. The cabinet is supported by four tapering legs turned at the top and bottom. The desk has a frieze drawer with inlaid panels, the cabinet has thirteen drawers and compartments with ivory handles. Cabinet has a circular scene of a villa beside the sea engraved in ivory on the central small cupboard, the desk has an engraved panel of figures in medieval costume in a landscape. It is inlaid with floral borders, grotesques and scrolling foliage and is an architecturally influenced piece.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1994.