ONE TOP EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE BASE AND ONE TABLE LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ENGLISH GILT-GESSO TABLES
ONE TOP EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE BASE AND ONE TABLE LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with a central strapwork rosette within borders of stylized foliage, above a cushion-molded paneled frieze, on foliate-carved cabriole legs
30 ¾ in. (78 cm.) high, 36 in. (91.4 cm.) wide, 22 ½ in. (57.1 cm.) deep

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The design relates to the works of royal cabinet-maker James Moore (d. 1726) and John Belchier (d. 1753) who supplied a similar table in 1723 for Erddig, Wales (R. Edwards and M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers, London, rev. ed., 1955, p. 136, fig. 31).
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