AFTER A DESIGN BY MATTHIAS LOCK, MID-18TH CENTURY AND ADAPTED, POSSIBLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE 18TH CENTURY TOP

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A GEORGE II WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE TABLE
AFTER A DESIGN BY MATTHIAS LOCK, MID-18TH CENTURY AND ADAPTED, POSSIBLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE 18TH CENTURY TOP
The alabastro egiziano veneered top above egg-and-dart and twisted ribbon borders, above a pierced apron centered by a draped mask of Hercules, on foliage-carved truss legs, redecorated
34 in. (86.3 cm.) high, 65 ¼ in. (165.7 cm.) wide, 33 in. (85.1 cm.) deep

Provenance

Ernest Cook, Esq., Barnet Hill, Surrey.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 July 2000, lot 119.

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Lot Essay

With its festive drapery of the Nemean lion-pelt worn by the hero Hercules, the table design derives from a drawing of circa 1740, by the celebrated carver Matthias Lock (d. 1765). The drawing, acquired in 1862 by the Victoria & Albert Museum, is illustrated in P. Ward-Jackson English Furniture Designs of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1958, fig. 48.

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