Side table
W. Walker and Sons
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Walnut, brass handles and castors.
Measurements
81 x 106.5 x 53.5 cm
Place of origin
Bunhill Row
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 882733
Summary
A walnut side table, English, circa 1890. With ledge-back and two frieze drawers flanked by blocks, all with channel-moulded detail, on ring-turned, tapering legs with castors, one drawer stamped W.WALKER & SONS, BUNHILL ROW, LONDON EC.
Full description
Walker & Sons were a London firm of cabinet-makers and furnishers, founded in 1848 and later opening a showroom in Bunhill Row, Shoreditch after decades of growth. They were well known for their suites of dining room and bedroom furniture.
Provenance
Provenance unknown for certain, but to be seen in a photograph of His Lordship's Bedroom taken by John Bethell for the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
Top of drawer edge: W. WALKER & SONS BUNHILL ROW LONDON EC.
Makers and roles
W. Walker and Sons