Breakfast table
Thomas Chippendale II (1749 - 1822)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Satinwood, mahogany, rosewood, mahogany and beech construction, brass castors
Measurements
73 x 155.4 x 121.6 cm
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 731570
Summary
A mahogany satinwood and rosewood cross-banded breakfast table or centre table, possibly by Thomas Chippendale II (1749-1822) London, circa 1800. The rounded rectangular hinged top with triple cross banding and stringing above a pedestal with four turned columns joining a plinth and four downswept sabre legs, raised on brass cap castors.
Provenance
Possibly supplied by Thomas Chippendale II for Stourhead although the table does not appear in any of the accounts. Possibly inventoried in 1838 in the Picture Gallery, no.384 'An inlaid satin and rosewood elliptical Centre table on four pillars and claws'
Makers and roles
Thomas Chippendale II (1749 - 1822), cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale II (1749 - 1822), designer