Console table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1750
Materials
Oak
Measurements
75.5 x 124 x 57 cm
Place of origin
Liège
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608119.1
Summary
An oak console table, circa 1750, Liège, Belgium; its mottled grey, brown and white marble top [NT 608119.2]. The table of asymmetric design, and profusely carved and pierced with rocaille, flowers and 'C' and 'S' scrolls. With two scrolling legs joined by an elaborate carved and pierced stretcher.
Provenance
Purchased by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Lord Berwick (1877 - 1947) from Georges Samary, 15 Rue la Fayette, Paris in September 1907. Listed in the 1947 Probate Inventory taken at Attingham Park as an heirloom (p. 9) and in the Inventory taken there in 1953 (p. 10). Bequeathed with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877 - 1947) and transferred to the National Trust on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of top: Berwick