BY JOHNSTONE, NORMAN & CO., LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A LATE VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY CIRCULAR CENTRE TABLE
BY JOHNSTONE, NORMAN & CO., LATE 19TH CENTURY
WITH A SEGMENTALLY FLAME VENEERED CROSSBANDED TOP, WITH A ROPE TWIST AND SHUTTER DECORATED EDGE ON TURNED CLUSTER COLUMN SUPPORTS, JOINED BY PIERCED LOBED STRETCHERS ON TOUPIE FEET BRASS CAPS AND CASTORS, STAMPED 'JOHNSTONE, NORMAN & CO., 67 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON ST'
26 IN. (66 CM.) HIGH; 27 IN. (68.5 CM.) DIAMETER

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Lot Essay

THE FRENCH-FASHIONED TEA-TABLE, DERIVED FROM POMPEIAN-PILLARED ALTAR-TRIPODS FIRST INTRODUCED BY LOUIS SEIZE MARCHANDS MERCIERS, IS AN EXAMPLE OF ARTISTIC FURNITURE DESIGNED BY WILLIAM CHRISTIAN CODMAN (D.1921) FOR EXECUTION BY THE NEW BOND STREET FIRM OF MESSRS JOHNSTONE, NORMAN & CO., CABINET-MAKERS AND UPHOLSTERERS TO QUEEN VICTORIA. RELATED FURNITURE, DESIGNED BY CODMAN AROUND 1880 FOR A LONDON MANSION, ACCOMPANIED CONTEMPORARY AUBUSSON TAPESTRIES WOVEN WITH 18TH CENTURY SUBJECTS (SEE ANON, MODERN ARTISTIC FURNITURE, DECORATION , JULY 1884). FROM 1891 CODMAN WAS EMPLOYED AS A SILVER DESIGNER BY THE CELEBRATED NEW YORK GORHAM MANUFACTORY.

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