A WILLIAM IV EBONY INLAID POLLARD OAK AND OAK CENTER TABLE

CIRCA 1835

Details

A WILLIAM IV EBONY INLAID POLLARD OAK AND OAK CENTER TABLE
CIRCA 1835
THE RECTANGULAR EBONY-INLAID BORDERS ENCLOSING LOZENGE VENEERS ABOVE A PIERCED TOP WITH QUATREFOIL FRIEZE AND FOUR CLUSTER-COLUMN LEGS WITH ARCHED STRETCHERS, ON A RECTANGULAR BASE AND CASTERS, THE UNDERSIDE WITH THE REMNANTS OF A PRINTED LABEL W-573
30IN. (76CM.) HIGH, 54IN. (137CM.) WIDE, 38IN. (98.5CM.) DEEP

Sale room notice

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CORRECT ESTIMATE FOR THIS LOT IS $20,000-30,000 NOT $15,000-20,000.

Lot Essay

THIS LIBRARY-TABLE IS DESIGNED IN THE ECLECTIC ANTIQUE AND GOTHIC FASHION POPULARIZED IN THE 1820'S BY RUDOLPH ACKERMANN'S THE REPOSITORY OF ARTS. ITS GRECIAN PLINTH SUPPORT AND ETRUSCAN BLACK RIBBON INLAY IS COMBINED WITH ANCIENT OAK VENEER, GOTHIC CLUSTER COLUMNS AND FRETTED FRIEZE OF QUATREFOILS ABOVE A CUSPED ARCH APRON. IN THE 1820S, THE ANTIQUARIAN GEORGE BRAIKENRIDGE INTRODUCED A RELATED TABLE TO HIS LIBRARY AT BROOKWELL HOUSE, BRISLINGTON (SEE J. MORLEY, REGENCY DESIGN, LONDON, 1993, P. 329, FIG. 250.).

More from Important English Furniture including the Collection of

View All