One of the pair in situ at Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, in an early photograph taken by Country Life
THE WARDOUR CASTLE TABLES, English, circa 1765
Width: 5 ft 1 in; 155 cm
Depth: 2 ft 4½ in; 72.5 cm
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Provenance
Henry Arundel, 8th Lord Arundel of Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, England;
by descent until September 1952;
J. M. Botibol Ltd., London, England;
Mrs. Brimsley-Plunket, Luttrellstown Castle, Dublin, Ireland;
by descent until September 1983;
Private collection, California, USA, until October 2013;
Private collection, USA.
Exhibitions
Literature
Inventory of the Wardour Heirlooms, 1907, The Saloon: ‘Pair 63 inch Green marble top Tables on carved frames and supports painted white’ (Wiltshire & Swindon Archives, ms. 2667/8/8).
‘Priced List of Heirlooms at Wardour Castle Wiltshire the Property of the Trustees of the Wardour Estate’, Rawlence & Squarey, Salisbury, 30 September 1908, p. 8, The Saloon: ‘Pair 63 inch Green marble top Tables on carved frames and supports painted white’ (Wiltshire & Swindon Archives, ms. 2667/22/2/10).
‘Wardour Castle Inventory & Effects contained in Wing let to Mr. Turck’, Rawlence & Squarey, Salisbury, 19 July 1936, p. 25, The Saloon: ‘The pair of carved white wood side tables, female mask centres and floral wreathed cabriole supports Marble tops, 5' 4'' long. Carvings chipped’, (Wiltshire & Swindon Archives, ms. 2667/22/2/10).
