Lot 164
164
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY AND ROSEWOOD BREAKFAST-TABLE, the oval top with deep banding inlaid with fruitwood stringing and flowerhead band above a shallow frieze, the turned baluster stem with upturned stiff-leaf brace on a concave-sided rectangular foot with inlaid palmettes and scrolling acanthus, extending at two ends to cross supports terminating in brass paw castors,L the underside of the platform inscribed IA

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY AND ROSEWOOD BREAKFAST-TABLE, the oval top with deep banding inlaid with fruitwood stringing and flowerhead band above a shallow frieze, the turned baluster stem with upturned stiff-leaf brace on a concave-sided rectangular foot with inlaid palmettes and scrolling acanthus, extending at two ends to cross supports terminating in brass paw castors,L the underside of the platform inscribed IA
60in. (152cm.) wide; 28¾in. (73cm.) high; 44½in. (112.5cm.) deep
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
(Lots 157-179)

Lot Essay

The various elements of the table, such as the flowered-ribbon inlay, Grecian stepped and leaf-wrapped pedestal and the hollow-sided 'altar' plinth with foliated trusses, correspond to the George IV 'antique' style illustrated in P. & M.A. Nicholson's, Practical Cabinet-maker, Upholsterer and Complete Decorator, 1826, and George Smith's, Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1826. However the caster-fitted bars appear to be unique to this table

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