CIRCA 1755

Details

A GEORGE II WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT STAND
CIRCA 1755
The inset rectangular top with waved frieze and on four C-scroll supports joined by a solid undertier, on further waved supports and C-scroll feet, the lower circular tier replaced, probably originally black and gilt japanned
20in. (51cm.) wide; 49½in (126cm.) high; 15in. (38cm.) deep

Provenance

Raby Castle, Co. Durham, sold Christie's house sale, 11-12 October 1994, lot 151.

Special notice

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Conditions of sale

Lot Essay

This richly serpentined stand, introducing gothic elements to the French 'picturesque' style, relates to that of a 'claw table' illustrated in William Ince and John Mayhew's Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762, pl. XIII. This stand shares the contrasting scrolls and central architectural motif with the design. There is a related stand at Erddig, near Wrexham in Wales, which was supplied in the 1760s to display a large pagoda executed in mother-of-pearl and the recessed top on this stand suggests a similar function (see M. Waterson, Erddig, London, 1979, p. 104)

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