Folding Table
1700-1720 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
On loan to Nunnington Hall.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | walnut, marquetry, turning, embroidery |
| Brief description | Folding card table, English, c. 1700-1720. walnut, marquetry, ndlwk. 79/750 |
| Physical description | The table top has eight panels of marquetry against the ground veneer. One drawer to the front, turned baluster legs, six sided and a complex stretcher with similar marquetry panels. Once the table is closed, scratching on the top is visible. |
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| Credit line | Bequest from the Hon Dame Ada Macnaughton pp. Messrs Pickering Kenyon & Co, 6 Stone Building, Lincoln's Inn |
| Object history | Bequeathed by the Hon. Dame Ada Macnaughton, received by the Museum in 1970 [69/3074]. On long-term loan to the National Trust at Nunnington Hall, Yorkshire, since 1982 [RF 82/283]. |
| Historical context | On the development of card tables of this basic design, see Adam Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714, (Woodbridge, 2002), p.289 ff. |
| Summary | On loan to Nunnington Hall. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.35-1970 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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