THE PROPERTY OF A FAMILY TRUST
A GEORGE I BURR-WALNUT OCTAGONAL TEA-TABLE
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A GEORGE I BURR-WALNUT OCTAGONAL TEA-TABLE
Banded overall in two fruitwoods, the moulded octagonal hinged top inlaid with octagonal segments enclosing a conforming interior and concealing a plain well, above a crossbanded frieze and club legs headed by shaped angle-brackets and terminating in raised pad feet, the underside with old railway transport label, one angle lacking
30½in (177cm.) wide; 28¼in. (72cm.) high; 15¼in. (38.5cm.) deep
Banded overall in two fruitwoods, the moulded octagonal hinged top inlaid with octagonal segments enclosing a conforming interior and concealing a plain well, above a crossbanded frieze and club legs headed by shaped angle-brackets and terminating in raised pad feet, the underside with old railway transport label, one angle lacking
30½in (177cm.) wide; 28¼in. (72cm.) high; 15¼in. (38.5cm.) deep
Provenance
The late Fred Skull Esq, sold in these Rooms, 23 April 1952, lot 267
Acquired at that sale and thence by descent
Acquired at that sale and thence by descent
Literature
R. Edwards & P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1954, vol. III, p. 313, fig. 20 (described as yew-wood)