POSSIBLY BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1775

This Pembroke table is possibly by Thomas Chippendale (d. 1779) based on a number of stylistic attributes. These include the distinctive block feet, which can be seen on a set of twenty dining chairs, dated 1770-71, from Harewood House, Yorkshire (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, p. 90, fig. 146). The lozenge parquetry design on the table top also features on the lower section of a bookcase of rosewood and carved and gilt ornament supplied by Chippendale to William, 5th Earl of Dumfries for Dumfries House, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1759 (Gilbert, op. cit., vol. I, pp. 135, 138; vol. II, p. 40, fig. 63). Further, the wreath gilt metal drawer handles are similarly found on a Lady’s dressing table by Chippendale at Paxton House, Berwickshire, Scotland (ibid., vol. II, p. 233, fig. 425).