The present model is a similar example of the drop-leaf table that is part of the Smallhythe Place permanent collection. Now preserved by and property of the National Trust, Smallhythe Place became a museum in 1929, started by Edith Craig the daughter of the famous Victorian actress Ellen Terry, who bought the property, which was to be her last home in 1899. Smallhythe Place is now the only domestic location that the furniture of Edward William Godwin can be viewed by the public, after reopening in April 1992.