Games table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Mahogany, marquetry, sycamore, fruitwoods, ebony, brass feet
Measurements
73.5 x 72 x 35.5 cm
Place of origin
Netherlands
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 582663
Summary
A mahogany, line-inlaid and floral marquetry tea or games table, Dutch, circa 1780. The rectangualr top having projecting corners and centred with an urn of flowers amongst scrolling foliage and birds, opening to an ebony veneered interior with decorative inlaid central semi-circles, one depicting chess squares, the other backgammon spikes, above a frieze containing a drawer, on square tapering legs with brass ball feet,
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Marks and inscriptions
Underneath drawer: SIR CHARLES TREVELYAN BART Inside drawer: BELONGING TO SIR CHARLES TREVELYAN BART WALLINGTON