Table en chiffonier
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1875 - 1910
Materials
Kingwood, tulipwood, amaranth, fruitwood, ormolu
Measurements
71 x 59 x 42 cm
Place of origin
France
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Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
NT 998108
Summary
A small kingwood, tulipwood, amaranth and fruitwood marquetry and ormolu-mounted table en chiffonière, French, late 19th/early 20th century, in Louis XV style. The serpentine-edge top inlaid with flowers and foliage within tulipwood bands, with an ormolu edge, above a slide to the front and two long drawers below. The top drawer is false and there is a drawer to the left side. The drawers inlaid with floral sprays. Raised on four cabriole supports with foliate mounts and ormolu borders. The feet with foliate sabots.
Provenance
Given by Henry Hornyold Strickland (1890 – 1975) with Sizergh Castle and its estates in 1950.