Lot Essay
A related table with canted rectangular top was exhibited by Phillips of Hitchin Ltd. at the Grosvenor House Fair, 1977, and was illustrated in Connoisseur, June 1977
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A MID-GEORGIAN MAHOGANY AND NEEDLEWORK TRIPOD TABLE
Details
A MID-GEORGIAN MAHOGANY AND NEEDLEWORK TRIPOD TABLE
The oval tilt-top with a panel of gros and petit point wool and silk needlework embroidered with monkeys holding flowers, a blue and white teapot, cups and saucers, spoons and other vessels, within a frame of scrolling foliage and flowers, and cartouches to each side, dated 1716X EW & EIE, on a baluster shaft and cabriole legs
35in. (89cm.) wide; 28¾in. (73cm.) high; 27½in. (70cm.) deep
The oval tilt-top with a panel of gros and petit point wool and silk needlework embroidered with monkeys holding flowers, a blue and white teapot, cups and saucers, spoons and other vessels, within a frame of scrolling foliage and flowers, and cartouches to each side, dated 1716X EW & EIE, on a baluster shaft and cabriole legs
35in. (89cm.) wide; 28¾in. (73cm.) high; 27½in. (70cm.) deep
Provenance
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., Trent Park, Hertfordshire, recorded in the Large Drawing Room in 1939
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 29 November 1979, lot 42
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 29 November 1979, lot 42
Literature
M. Harris and Sons., An Abridged Introductory Catalogue of Antique Furniture and Works of Art, London, p. 33