Corner cabinet
Pierre Wattelin (b.1719)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1760
Materials
Kingwood, tulipwood, mahogany, oak, iron lock and latches, ormolu
Measurements
90 x 81.5 x 58.5 cm
Place of origin
Paris
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608142.1.1
Summary
A marble-topped kingwood and tulipwood encoignure, or corner cabinet, French, circa 1760, by Pierre Wattelin (b. 1719), maître in 1757, of la rue Traversière in Paris. One of a pair. Topped by a slab of white-veined brown Belgian marble with shaped edge [NT 608142.1.2], and with a pair of quarter-veneered and crossbanded doors enclosing two shaped oak shelves. All above a shaped apron and three front feet with foliate-cast ormolu mounts.
Provenance
Attingham collection and the property of Lady Berwick. Listed in the Inventory taken at Attingham Park circa 1953 Inventory in the Picture Gallery (p. 23). Bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890 - 1972).
Marks and inscriptions
To top of cabinet (beneath marble): P. Wattellin JME
Makers and roles
Pierre Wattelin (b.1719), ébéniste