A George I walnut side table, circa 1720, the rectangular quarter veneered and feather banded top above two drawers and tapering cabriole legs terminating in pad feet, 68cm high, 77cm wide, 47cm deep Provenance: Private Collection, Wiltshire. By direct family descent, previously forming part of the furnishings of Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire Successive houses on the site of Luton Hoo seem to have changed hands several times until in 1762 the then owner, Francis Hearne (MP for Bedford), sold the estate John Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute. The present house at Luton Hoo was built for the 3rd Earl of Bute by the neoclassical architect Robert Adam Robert Adam's completed mansion was transformed by the architect Robert Smirke (later Sir Robert, 1781-1867) circa 1830. Following a significant fire in 1843 the house remained a burnt shell until the estate was sold in 1848 to John Shaw Leigh, a Liverpool solicitor and property speculator. The Leigh family continued to own Luton Hoo until 1903.
A George I walnut side table, circa 1720, the rectangular quarter veneered and feather banded top above two drawers and tapering cabriole legs terminating in pad feet, 68cm high, 77cm wide, 47cm deep Provenance: Private Collection, Wiltshire. By direct family descent, previously forming part of the furnishings of Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire Successive houses on the site of Luton Hoo seem to have changed hands several times until in 1762 the then owner, Francis Hearne (MP for Bedford), sold the estate John Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute. The present house at Luton Hoo was built for the 3rd Earl of Bute by the neoclassical architect Robert Adam Robert Adam's completed mansion was transformed by the architect Robert Smirke (later Sir Robert, 1781-1867) circa 1830. Following a significant fire in 1843 the house remained a burnt shell until the estate was sold in 1848 to John Shaw Leigh, a Liverpool solicitor and property speculator. The Leigh family continued to own Luton Hoo until 1903.
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