Occasional table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1870
Materials
Ebony, ebonized wood, ivory
Measurements
74 x 98 x 52 cm
Place of origin
Italy, Northern
Order this imageCollection
Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
NT 998117
Summary
An ebony, ebonized and ivory-inlaid occasional table, North Italian, late 19th century. The square top inlaid with arabesques, lines and roundels, and with four drop-leaves, all engraved with a reserve of putti and arabesques. Raised on four baluster and ring-turned and fluted legs, on peg feet and united by a curving 'H'-shaped stretcher.
Provenance
Given by Henry Hornyold Strickland (1890 – 1975) with Sizergh Castle and its estates in 1950.