CIRCA 1765

Details

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE
CIRCA 1765
The circular top tilting above a tripartite stem, on foliate-carved cabriole legs terminating in scroll toes
28 ½ in. (72 cm.) high, 24 in. (61 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Bequest of Irwin Untermyer, 1973.

Lot Essay

The table's elegant base with its open stem and scroll legs derives from patterns for 'claw tables' and 'tea kettle stands' published by John Ince and William Mayhew in their Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762 (pl. XIII and XIV) as well as 'bason stands' in Thomas Chippendale's Director of the same year, pl. LV.

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