Untitled
Pierre Wattelin (b.1719)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1760
Materials
Marble, kingwood, tulipwood, mahogany, oak, iron latches and lock, ormolu
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608142.2
Summary
One of a pair of marble-topped kingwood and tulipwood encoignures, or corner cabinets, French, circa 1760. The cabinet [NT 608142.2.1] by Pierre Wattelin (b. 1719), maître in 1757, of la rue Traversière in Paris. The marble top [NT 608142.2.2] probably Belgian.
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).
Makers and roles
Pierre Wattelin (b.1719), ébéniste