Lot Essay
The design of this table derives from patterns published in the late 1730s by William Jones in The Gentleman or Builder's Companion, pls. 27-8 (see: E. White, Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1990, p. 262).
A set of chairs, inspired by those designed by William Kent for Chiswick House, but sharing Vitruvian scroll apron and double scroll legs with the present table, was sold from Castle Hill, Devon, by Lady Margaret Fortescue, in these Rooms, 21 April 1966, lot 146.
A giltwood side table with very similar legs was sold from the collection of Edward Peter Jones, Esq., Sotheby's London, 14 July 1961, lot 90.
A set of chairs, inspired by those designed by William Kent for Chiswick House, but sharing Vitruvian scroll apron and double scroll legs with the present table, was sold from Castle Hill, Devon, by Lady Margaret Fortescue, in these Rooms, 21 April 1966, lot 146.
A giltwood side table with very similar legs was sold from the collection of Edward Peter Jones, Esq., Sotheby's London, 14 July 1961, lot 90.