Side table
Category
Furniture
Date
1740 - 1760
Materials
Giltwood and malachite
Measurements
87 x 115 x 57 cm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 850036.1
Summary
One of a pair of giltwood and malachite side tables, Italian, mid 18th century The rectangular inset malachite top with a gadroon carved edge above a frieze profusely carved and pierced with scrolls and foliage centered by a cartouche. With four cabriole supports joining an X stretcher with conforming carved decoration and C scroll feet By repute these tables may have been presented by Catherine the Great of Russia to the 3rd Earl of Bristol
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund