Console table
William Kent (Bridlington 1685 - London 1748)
Category
Furniture
Date
1831
Materials
Marble and giltwood
Measurements
848 x 1277 x 638 mm
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Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 652695
Summary
A pair of Kentian giltwood console tables, the rectanglar friezes carved with Vitruvian scrolling and foliated motifs and each supported by a boldly carved eagle with outstretched wings, perched on rock-work and with rectangular bases carved with rosette motifs, the rectangular tops in veined grey marble. One of the marble slabs stencilled G.A. 1831.
Provenance
Transfered from Treasury 30.10.1984.
Makers and roles
William Kent (Bridlington 1685 - London 1748)