A George II carved mahogany tripod table, third quarter 18th century, possibly by Robert Gillow & Son

Probably Henry Curwen (1730-1778) for Workington Hall, Cumbria and probably removed to Belle Isle, Windermere, in the 1930s when Workington Hall was given up;
Thence by descent.

A Schedule & Appraisement of the Household Goods and Furniture in Workington Hall which the late Henry Curwen died Proffered of, 1778, possibly one of the 'claw tables' listed in the Dining Room and Chintz Bedroom respectively, pp. 1 & 2 (Cumbria Archives, DCU/7/1);
Inventory of the contents of Workington Hall, made by Messrs J R Mitchell and Sons, auctioneers & valuers of Cockermouth, March 1930, the 'Mahogany Round Stand Table on fluted pedestal tripod with Claw and Ball Feet' listed in the Library, p. 18 (Cumbria Archives, DCU/1/217);
E. W. Hodge, ‘Belle Isle – II, Westmorland’, Country Life, 10 August 1940, p. 121, fig. 4;
John Martin Robinson, 'Belle Isle', The Connoisseur, March 1981, p. 236.