Semainier
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Purpleheart, rosewood, sycamore, ormolu, oak
Measurements
136.5 x 72 x 43 cm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608186.1
Summary
A parquetry and ormolu-mounted semainier, French, late 18th/early 19th century, its marble top NT 608186.2. Crossbanded in purpleheart and with rosewood and sycamore parquetry, and with canted angles. With a frieze drawer above seven drawers, all with egg and dart-cast mouldings and foliate and trophy-cast corner mounts. Raised on a shaped plinth base with foliate-cast mounts.
Provenance
Listed in the Inventory taken at Attingham Park in 1861 (p. 101); in the Inventory of 1913 (p. 87); listed as a 'Residuary Effect' in the Probate Valuation taken in 1947 (p. 30) and in the Insurance Valuation of 1954 (p. 6). Bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890 - 1972) and transferred to the National Trust by HM Treasury in 1976.
Marks and inscriptions
Reverse: Commode out of Library May 1913 (paper label with a blue border with fans at the corners, written in black ink)