CIRCA 1816

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY CENTRE TABLE
CIRCA 1816
The rectangular specimen marble top on a platform with corbel supports and canted rectangular pedestal with reeded panels, on a quadripartite base with reeded feet
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 36 in. (91.5 cm.) wide; 24½ in. (62.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Supplied to John Russell (1766-1839), 6th Duke of Bedford for Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire and by descent at Woburn until the early 20th century.

Literature

C. Aslet, 'Park and Garden Buildings at Woburn - I', Country Life, 31 March 1983, p. 775, fig. 10 [an old photograph reproduced here showing the table illustrated in situ in the Sculpture Gallery at Woburn].
J. Martin Robinson, The Regency Country House, London, 2005, p. 9.

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Lot Essay

The altar-pedestal table, with mosaiced marble top, is likely to have been commissioned for Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire around 1816 by John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford and designed by, or executed under the direction of his architect Jeffry Wyatt, later Sir Jeffry Wyatville (d. 1840). Its pilaster support, enriched with sunk and reed-framed tablets, is supported at the angles by Grecian-scrolled pilasters, while its stepped plinth is raised on Louis Quatorze 'stump' feet enriched with reed-gadroons, in the manner of André-Charles Boulle. The white marble top is inlaid with a chequered mosaic of marbles as used for the Sculpture Gallery'’s 'Roman pavement' floor.

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