Lot 215
215
A REGENCY MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE
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A REGENCY MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The top with later three-quarter pierced brass gallery, above a panelled frieze with pair of frieze drawers, on acanthus-carved scrolled legs and paw feet, losses to mouldings, losses to veneer on the reverse, originally a centre table on a platform base
39¼ in. (100 cm.) high, including gallery; 79 in. (201 cm.) wide; 34 in. (86.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Possibly supplied to Sir Henry Russell, 2nd Bt. (d. 1852) for Swallowfield Park, Reading and by descent at Swallowfield.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The library-table was possibly commissioned for Swallowfield Park, Berkshire by Sir Henry Russell, 2nd Baronet (d. 1852), former 'Resident of Hyderabad'. Its Grecian pattern corresponds to that of the sideboard-table (lot 216), which was also possibly designed in the 1820s by the architect William Atkinson (d. 1839).
In the mid-1830s Sir Henry transformed his former Saloon into a comfortable Living Room/Drawing Room that was lined with bookcases, so it is possible that this library centre table was introduced at this period.

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