A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE GILTWOOD SIDE TABLES

CIRCA 1710

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A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE GILTWOOD SIDE TABLES
Circa 1710
Each with later mottled yellow marble top above a scroll-carved apron centered by a shell issuing from acanthus-scrolled cartouche, on similarly-carved cabriole legs, all against a pounced ground, terminating in satyr goat hooves, one with paper label inscribed in ink D-64 Scott 25 and with further chalk numbers 2237 and BRIST 2248, the other with paper label inscribed 30794 x2 and with further chalk numbers 2237, 58729/30 and Brist 4248, the marble inscribed D15 and D14, minor differences in construction
30in. (77cm.) high, 31in. (79 cm.) wide, 19in (49cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Sold Sotheby's New York, 21 January 1984, lot 64 ($28,600).

Lot Essay

A table with similar satyr goats' hoof feet was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London 7 July 1989, lot 27. Others include one sold Sotheby's London, 11 November 1988, lot 23 and 7 July 1989, lot 27, respectively. Also see lot 281 in this sale. These tables derive from a satyr masked table bearing the arms of Cholmondeley impaling Walpole and sold by Christie's London, 22 November 1962, lot 57.

A closely related table with satyr hooves and prominently displayed Venus shell badge is illustrated in E. Wenham, The Collector's Guide to Furniture Design, New York, 1928, p.236, fig.591. Another table with shell-centered apron was sold from the Estate of Nicholas Phillips, Esq., Luton Hoo, Christie's South Kensington, 6 September 1998, lot 175.

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