MID-19TH CENTURY

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY LIBRARY TABLE
MID-19TH CENTURY
With two frieze drawers, on shaped end-standards, branded with the initial 'G' below Prince of Wales feathers
29¼ in. (74 cm.) high; 59¼ in. (150.5 cm.) wide; 25¾ in. (65.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

George V (1865-1936) when Prince of Wales, 1901-1910.

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Lot Essay

The library-table's stepped and plinth-supported pilasters are appropriately fretted with poetic 'Apollo' lyre-scrolls that are wrapped and flowered in triumphal palms. Its robust Grecian form reflects the antique fashion promoted by Henry Whitaker, artist, furniture-designer and author of The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Treasury of designs, 1847. Whitaker, whose designs were executed by firms such as Holland & Sons, also supplied Prince Albert with designs in the 1840s for the furnishing of Osborne House, Isle of Wight.

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