LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III BRASS INLAID MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE
LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular hinged top with canted angles,fitted with a frieze drawer on square legs joined by a concave sided undertier on block feet with brass castors.
28½in (72.5cm) high; 37¾in (96cm.) wide, extended; 25in. (63.5cm.)deep

Provenance

Christie's London, 9 March 2000, Lot 145
Christie's Melbourne, 16-17 November 1998, Lot 351
Probably supplied to Sir John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke (1750-1827), for Henham Hall, Suffolk and by descent to the 6th Earl and Countess of Stradbroke.

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Lot Essay

It was the 1st Earl of Stradbroke who was responsible for commissioning James Wyatt to remodel Henham Hall in Suffolk after the fire of 1791. He was created Baron Rous of Dennington in 1796 and later elevated to Viscount Dunwich and Earl of Stradbroke in 1821.

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