Lot Essay
Many fine pieces of mid-18th Century case furniture, and particularly card-tables have 'H. TIBATS' stamped on their concertina-action hinges, including one in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Tibats was clearly an important source of iron fittings and was probably based in London or Birmingham (P. Thornton, 'A Signed Hinge', Furniture History, Leeds, 1966, pp.44-45, pl. XXIII).
A pair of card-tables with claw feet was sold from the collection of the late W.P. Barbour, in these Rooms, 17 April 1997, lot 24.
A pair of card-tables with claw feet was sold from the collection of the late W.P. Barbour, in these Rooms, 17 April 1997, lot 24.