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PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF GEORGE I GILT-GESSO AND SPECIMEN MARBLE SIDE TABLES
IN THE MANNER OF JAMES MOORE, CIRCA 1720-25, THE TOPS ROMAN, CIRCA 1770 AND ENLARGED
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A PAIR OF GEORGE I GILT-GESSO AND SPECIMEN MARBLE SIDE TABLES
IN THE MANNER OF JAMES MOORE, CIRCA 1720-25, THE TOPS ROMAN, CIRCA 1770 AND ENLARGED
The rectangular tops inlaid with a variety of hexagonal marble and hardstone specimens including lapis lazuli, alabaster, Porfido serpentino antico, amethyst, Spanish broccatello, Serpentino di Genova and Granito rosso antico, above a foliate-decorated frieze with a punched ground, on broken cabriole legs headed by plumed masks and scrolling acanthus terminating in scroll feet, the tops originally with verde antico borders and a separate slab to back edge and probably enlarged to current form post-1972, regilt
31 ¾ in. (80.5 cm.) high; 47 ¾ in. (121 cm.) wide; 30 in. (76 cm.) deep
IN THE MANNER OF JAMES MOORE, CIRCA 1720-25, THE TOPS ROMAN, CIRCA 1770 AND ENLARGED
The rectangular tops inlaid with a variety of hexagonal marble and hardstone specimens including lapis lazuli, alabaster, Porfido serpentino antico, amethyst, Spanish broccatello, Serpentino di Genova and Granito rosso antico, above a foliate-decorated frieze with a punched ground, on broken cabriole legs headed by plumed masks and scrolling acanthus terminating in scroll feet, the tops originally with verde antico borders and a separate slab to back edge and probably enlarged to current form post-1972, regilt
31 ¾ in. (80.5 cm.) high; 47 ¾ in. (121 cm.) wide; 30 in. (76 cm.) deep
Provenance
The collection of Elizabeth Scot Yorke (née Lindsay), Countess of Hardwicke (1763–1858) at Tyttenhanger House, Hertfordshire,
Thence by descent to the Earls of Caledon until sold,
Tyttenhanger House: The Contents; Ralph Pay and Ransom, London, 27-29 June 1972, lot 405.
With Mallett & Son Antiques, London and subsequently acquired by Gerald Hochschild.
The Hochschild Collection of Highly Important English Furniture; Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1978, lot 16.
Acquired from the above through Hotspur Ltd. and thence by descent.
Thence by descent to the Earls of Caledon until sold,
Tyttenhanger House: The Contents; Ralph Pay and Ransom, London, 27-29 June 1972, lot 405.
With Mallett & Son Antiques, London and subsequently acquired by Gerald Hochschild.
The Hochschild Collection of Highly Important English Furniture; Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1978, lot 16.
Acquired from the above through Hotspur Ltd. and thence by descent.
Literature
Inventory & Valuation of Furniture, Fixtures and Effects at Tittenhanger [sic] House St Albans, the property of the late Countess Dowager of Hardwicke, 20 July 1858, p. 67 (Hertfordshire Archives Office D/ECd (Add) F38).
An Inventory of Furniture, China, Glass, Books and other effects at Tyttenhanger House near St Albans, The Property of the Right Honourable Countess of Caledon and let to H. W. Eaton Esq., July 1864 (Hertfordshire Archives Office D/ECd (Add) E15).
H. Avray Tipping, ‘Tyttenhanger, Hertfordshire, The Seat of the Earl of Caledon – II’, Country Life, 11 October 1919, p. 454, fig. 1.
H. Avray Tipping, ‘Furniture at Tyttenhanger’, Country Life, 8 November 1919, p. 590, fig. 1 (showing specimen marble tops in original form).
H. Avray Tipping, English Homes, Period IV – Vol. I, Late Stuart 1649-1714, London, 1920, p. 77, fig. 108A.
L. Synge, Mallet’s Great English Furniture, London, 1991, p. 86, pl. 90.
An Inventory of Furniture, China, Glass, Books and other effects at Tyttenhanger House near St Albans, The Property of the Right Honourable Countess of Caledon and let to H. W. Eaton Esq., July 1864 (Hertfordshire Archives Office D/ECd (Add) E15).
H. Avray Tipping, ‘Tyttenhanger, Hertfordshire, The Seat of the Earl of Caledon – II’, Country Life, 11 October 1919, p. 454, fig. 1.
H. Avray Tipping, ‘Furniture at Tyttenhanger’, Country Life, 8 November 1919, p. 590, fig. 1 (showing specimen marble tops in original form).
H. Avray Tipping, English Homes, Period IV – Vol. I, Late Stuart 1649-1714, London, 1920, p. 77, fig. 108A.
L. Synge, Mallet’s Great English Furniture, London, 1991, p. 86, pl. 90.
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