Marble slab
possibly Henry Thomas [Enrico] Peters (1793-1852)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1825 - 1830
Materials
Marble
Measurements
2.75 x 160.5 x 43.5 cm
Place of origin
Genoa
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608113.2
Summary
A marble pier table top, Genoa, possibly by Henry Thomas [Enrico] Peters (1793-1852), circa 1825 - 1830. The table it sits on NT 608113.1 and the large pier mirror it stands before NT 608113.3. The marble slab with a straight edge and rounded front corners.
Provenance
Believed to be 3rd Lord Berwick collection: William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773 - 1842). Listed in the Inventory taken at Attingham Park in 1861 (p. 95); in the Inventory taken in 1913 (p. 73); listed as an 'heirloom' in the Probate Valuation taken in 1947 (p. 11). By descent bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and partial contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877 - 1947) and transferred to the National Trust on 15th May 1953.
Makers and roles
possibly Henry Thomas [Enrico] Peters (1793-1852), cabinetmaker
References
Rowell & Burchard 2020: Christopher Rowell & Wolf Burchard, 'Italian Furniture at Attingham Park', Furniture History LVI (2020), 107-176, 160-1, Figure 61