THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE CARD-TABLE
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The hinged top with a ribbon-tied overlapping leaf border enclosing a baize-lined interior, the frieze centred by an oval patara hung with husk swags, on cabriole legs headed with anthemions terminating in scroll feet with pads, the gateleg action replaced
59 in. (74 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) wide; 90¼ in. (49 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The laurel-wreathed card-table is embellished in the 1770's Roman manner with a poetic 'Apollo' sunflowered medallion and Grecian palm-flowers. In the early 1950s a pair of tables of this pattern was in the possession of M. Harris & Sons of New Oxford Street (advertised in Connoisseur Magazine, June 1952). A single table of this pattern was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 7 October 1993, lot 96.

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