HOLLAND & SONS FOR MARLBOROUGH HOUSE A Hungarian ash, rosewood and tulipwood library table, c.1865, the leather inset top within a crossbanded border over two frieze drawers, the standard ends with moulded decoration and parcel gilt carved shells, husks and foliage, the downswept supports terminating in shell carved feet enclosing casters, both drawers stamped 'Holland & Sons' with a paper label M H 2394 below a printed coronet, 113cm wide 65cm deep 74.5cm high Marlborough House in the City of Westminster was designed by Sir Christopher Wren for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, and completed in 1711. The house was taken into crown ownership in 1817. From 1853-61 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert arranged for the building to by used by the 'National Art Training School'. From 1863 to 1901 it was famously home to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and his wife Alexandra when it became the social centre for London's high society. CONDITION REPORT: Usual wear.
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PROBABLY EXECUTED BY CRACE, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO L. N. COTTINGHAM A large Gothic satin birch, giltwood and polychrome table, c.1835 the base with gothic and arabesque panels, the ends with armorial hatchments of The Earl of Harrington, bears paper label 'Talbot 26/7/26', 90cm wide 191cm long 80cm deep Crace also designed polychrome gilt furniture for Knebworth. Literature: Mark Girouard, 'The Return to Camelot: Chivalry and the English Gentleman', New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981, pp 88-89. Janet Myles, L.N. Cottingham, 1787-1847: Architect of the Gothic Revival, London: Lund Humphries, 1996, pp.124-127 and 145-146 Provenance: Almost certainly supplied to Charles Stanhope, 4th Earl of Harrington for Elvaston Hall, Derbyshire. CONDITION REPORT: Scratches and marks to top surface. Chips, splits and small losses to gilding.
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