CIRCA 1830, IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM TROTTER

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A SCOTTISH WILLIAM IV OAK DRUM TABLE
CIRCA 1830, IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM TROTTER
The top inset with green leather, above one through drawer and two small drawers, on a square-section foliate-carved support and concave-sided quadripartite base with gadrooned bun feet
30 in. (76.2 cm.) high; 37½ in. (95.5 cm.) diameter

Provenance

The Sunday Sale, Christie's South Kensington, 22 January 2012, lot 3.

Literature

A games table of a similar design and attributed to Trotter is illustrated in: Francis Bamford, A Dictionary of Edinburgh Wrights and Furniture Makers, Leeds, 1983, plate 72A and 72B.

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Lot Essay

William Trotter supplied furnishings to some of his native Scotland's most important houses and institutions including: numerous apartments in the Palace of Holyroodhouse; Dumfries House; Mount Stuart and Edinburgh's Parliament House. Trotter worked with various partners in Princes Street until his death in 1833. The management of his shop continued under the title of 'Heirs of Wm Trotter' and later under the name of William's son, Charles, until it closed in 1852.

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