A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED SOFA TABLE

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A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED SOFA TABLE
The rounded rectangular twin-flap Chinese lacquer top with panelled brass border decorated overall with chinoiserie figures smoking pipes in an extensive watery landscape with a junk beyond, temples and island landscapes and basket weaver, with birds, butterflies and ducks and a squirrel devouring grapes above two panelled mahogany-lined frieze drawers and two simulated drawers to the reverse, the ring-turned twin columnar supports above a concave-fronted rectangular platform and on scroll-headed foliate-trailed downswept quadripartite legs with foliate brass caps and castors, partially remounted, restorations
57½in. (146cm.) wide; 28in. (71.5cm.) high; 27¼in. (69cm.) deep

Lot Essay

A sofa table with a top that appears to be by the same japanner was sold anonymously, Sotheby's New York, 26 January 1985, lot 155. It features the same boat and has a gilt-bronze rim. The pillar and claw frame was popular in the 1820s, and various related patterns feature in Thomas King's Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified of 1829.

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