From the Collection of the late SIR JAMES CAIRD, Bt.
A GEORGE II FIGURED WALNUT CONCERTINA-ACTION CARD-TABLE inlaid overall with feather bands, the folding serpentine top above a panelled frieze, on cabriole legs carved with lion-masks, rings and foliage terminating in paw feet
Details
A GEORGE II FIGURED WALNUT CONCERTINA-ACTION CARD-TABLE inlaid overall with feather bands, the folding serpentine top above a panelled frieze, on cabriole legs carved with lion-masks, rings and foliage terminating in paw feet
39in. (99cm.) wide; 29¼in. (75cm.) high; 19in. (48.5cm.) deep, closed
39in. (99cm.) wide; 29¼in. (75cm.) high; 19in. (48.5cm.) deep, closed
Provenance
Percival D. Griffiths, Esq., F.S.A., purchased circa 1908-9
Geoffrey Blackwell, Esq., O.B.E.
John Blackwell, Esq.
Sir James Caird, Bt.
Geoffrey Blackwell, Esq., O.B.E.
John Blackwell, Esq.
Sir James Caird, Bt.
Literature
H. Cescinsky, English Furniture of the 18th Century, London, vol. II, 1911, p. 55, fig. 47
P. Macquoid, 'Furniture of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Mr. Percival Griffiths' Collection', Country Life, 27 January 1912
R. W. Symonds, Present State of Old English Furniture, London, 1921, fig. 45
R. W. Symonds, Old English Walnut and Lacquer Furniture, London, 1922, pl. 32
H. Avray Tipping, English Furniture of the Cabriole Period, London, 1922, pl. 22
P. Macquoid & R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. III, London, 1927, p. 193, fig. 25
R. W. Symonds, English Furniture from Charles II to George II, London, , 1929, p. 63, fig. 34
R. W. Symonds, 'Sir James Caird's Private Collection', Connoisseur, June 1955, pp. 28-32, fig. 11
The Private Collection of Sir James Caird, Bt., privately printed 1955, p. 16-17, illustrated
P. Macquoid, 'Furniture of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Mr. Percival Griffiths' Collection', Country Life, 27 January 1912
R. W. Symonds, Present State of Old English Furniture, London, 1921, fig. 45
R. W. Symonds, Old English Walnut and Lacquer Furniture, London, 1922, pl. 32
H. Avray Tipping, English Furniture of the Cabriole Period, London, 1922, pl. 22
P. Macquoid & R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. III, London, 1927, p. 193, fig. 25
R. W. Symonds, English Furniture from Charles II to George II, London, , 1929, p. 63, fig. 34
R. W. Symonds, 'Sir James Caird's Private Collection', Connoisseur, June 1955, pp. 28-32, fig. 11
The Private Collection of Sir James Caird, Bt., privately printed 1955, p. 16-17, illustrated
Exhibited
Previously on loan to the National Trust, Nunnington Hall, Yorkshire, 1980s