Side table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1690 (top) - circa 1880 (base)
Materials
Ebonised wood, olivewood, ebony, ivory, harewood, holly, sycamore, cherry, rosewood
Measurements
74 x 117.5 x 65 cm
Place of origin
Netherlands
Order this imageCollection
Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 726379
Summary
An ebonised wood, olivewood, ebony, ivory and floral marquetry side table, Dutch, the top circa 1690, the base circa 1880. The rectangular top with central urn and floral bouquet with bird and mask detail, in walnut, cherry, sycamore, holly and harewood, within an outer rosewood border and quadrant corners, the friezes and stretchers inlaid with foliage, the top and stretchers with ebony and ivory chequer edging, standing on spiral-twist legs terminating in bun feet, joined by a wavy X-shaped stretcher.
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust by Mrs Hider in 1994.