A REGENCY EBONY AND PEWTER-INLAID ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE

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PROPERTY FROM AN IRISH DECEASED ESTATE (LOTS 1-11) This private collection from an Irish estate includes a rare near pair of George III sofa tables by the same maker, almost certainly commissioned for different rooms within the same house, hence the slightly different sizes. They correspond to a pair of tables at Broughton Hall, Yorkshire by Gillows of Lancaster. A fine late-Georgian pewter-inlaid table likely to be by either Louis Le Gaigneur or Thomas Parker, the Royal furniture-makers, is also featured.

A REGENCY EBONY AND PEWTER-INLAID ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE

POSSIBLY BY LOUIS LE GAIGNEUR OR THOMAS PARKER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY EBONY AND PEWTER-INLAID ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE
POSSIBLY BY LOUIS LE GAIGNEUR OR THOMAS PARKER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Richly inlaid to all sides with palmettes and scrolling foliage, the marquetry to the top engraved, the frieze with two drawers opposed by conforming dummies, the frieze with ebony cockbeading and ebony moulded bottom edge, the lobed column carved with lotus leaves
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 52 in. (132 cm.) wide, extended; 28 in. (71 cm.) deep

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Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

A centre table with identical pewter inlay and identical carving was sold Sotheby's London, Important English Furniture, 22 November 2006, lot 118 (£8500 plus premium).
Louis Le Gaigneur and Thomas Parker were the two leading English exponents of inlaid 'buhl' furniture during the early 19th century. Both men were patronised by the Prince of Wales (later King George IV) who led the revival of the 'Old French' style popularised by Andre-Charles Boulle a hundred years before.

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