A GEORGE I BURR WALNUT AND WALNUT CONCERTINA-ACTION CARD-TABLE

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A GEORGE I BURR WALNUT AND WALNUT CONCERTINA-ACTION CARD-TABLE

Crossbanded and inlaid overall with feather-banding, the eared rectangular top enclosing an interior with four square candle-stands, a blue baize-lined playing-surface and edged with feather-banding, the plain frieze on cabriole legs headed by scallop-shells and with rockwork and flowerhead angles, on claw-and-ball feet, restorations, with Midland Railway label for DERBY
32¼in. (62cm.) wide; 28¼in. (72cm.) high; 15¾in. (40cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The card-table, with Palladian eared tablet top, is supported on serpentined legs whose Jupiter's Eagle claw feet, enriched with the husk-festooned scallop-shell badge of Venus, correspond to those of parlour chairs supplied about 1733 for Houghton Hall, Norfolk (see: J. Cornforth, 'Houghton Hall', Country Life, 7 May 1987, p. 108,
fig. 10)

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