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CIRCA 1780 IN THE MANNER OF ROBERT CAMPBELL
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A SET OF GEORGE III LINE- INLAID MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC LIBRARY STEPS
CIRCA 1780 IN THE MANNER OF ROBERT CAMPBELL
The reeded rectangular hinged top with re-entrant corners and opening to reveal sex hinged treads, the front with plain carrying handles, on arched lined square tapering legs with brass caps and castors, the reverse similarly finished, small losses, restorations to hinges
21½.in. (55 cm.) high; 26¾.in. (68 cm.) wide; 20¾.in. (55 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1780 IN THE MANNER OF ROBERT CAMPBELL
The reeded rectangular hinged top with re-entrant corners and opening to reveal sex hinged treads, the front with plain carrying handles, on arched lined square tapering legs with brass caps and castors, the reverse similarly finished, small losses, restorations to hinges
21½.in. (55 cm.) high; 26¾.in. (68 cm.) wide; 20¾.in. (55 cm.) deep
Provenance
Thomas Seraton in his 'Appendix to The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book', 1793 (pl. V) published the pattern of a related metamorphic library table that was supplied to George IV and manufactured by Robert Campbell (d. 1780) of Porter Street. The latter was a subscriber to Thomas Chippendale's 'The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director', 1754; and is recorded in 1774 as taking out a patent on such library steps 'contained in tables'. John Cobb is also thought to have executed tables of this form, such as that sold at Christie's London 6 July 2000, lot 60.
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