Console table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Gilt pine or deal, marble, iron, paint
Measurements
87.5 x 84 x 48.3 cm
Place of origin
England
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Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597519.1
Summary
One of a pair of giltwood, ebonised and marble top console tables, English probably mid 19th century. Mid 18th century style, each with a later verde antico marble top above a frieze carved with Vitruvian scroll work and supported by a carved eagle with wings raised and standing on a naturalistic rock, raised on a stepped plinth base with moulded carved gilt edges.
Provenance
Bequest to the National Trust of tapestries, pictures, furniture and objects d'art from Sir Malcolm Stewart in 1960.