Marble slab
manner of Gillows of Lancaster
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Marble
Measurements
3 x 191 x 46 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608160.1.4
Summary
A grey-veined white marble table top, English, circa 1820, one of a pair [the other NT 608160.1.3], its base NT 608160.1.2. Standing before a giltwood-framed pier glass, NT 608160.2.2. In the manner of Gillows of Lancaster. Rectangular, and with a straight edge.
Provenance
Believed to have been made especially for the Drawing Room at Attingham under the instruction of the 2nd Lord Berwick, having survived the sale of 1827 (pp. 80 - 81, Lots 102 - 105). Listed in the Inventory taken at Attingham Park in 1861 (p. 90), in the Probate Valuation taken there in 1947 as an 'heirloom' (p. 8), and in the Inventory taken circa 1953 (p. 29, no. 8). Probably 2nd Lord Berwick collection: Thomas Noel Hill, 2nd Baron Berwick (1770 – 1832). 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
manner of Gillows of Lancaster , cabinetmaker