Lot 53
53
A simulated gilt bronze and pietra dura painted wood console table
A simulated gilt bronze and pietra dura painted wood console table

CONCEIVED BY SIR EDWIN LUTYENS, LATE 1930S

Details
A simulated gilt bronze and pietra dura painted wood console table
Conceived by Sir Edwin Lutyens, late 1930s
The top painted to simulate marble inlaid with a design of fruits and butterflies between roundels of green marble, the base with tapering square-section supports and bracket stretcher, glass top
32¼in. (82cm.) high; 58.5/8in. (149cm.) wide; 17¼in. (43.7cm.) deep
Provenance
Pamela, Countess of Lytton, thence by descent.

Lot Essay

Pamela, Countess of Lytton was Lutyens' sister-in-law by marriage (his wife Emily was the Earl of Lytton's sister). She was greatly admired by Lutyens and was renowned for her exquisite taste. The present table is believed to have been conceived by Lutyens as a light-hearted gift for Pamela Lytton, in keeping with her particular taste, rather than following his own more restrained style.
The attribution of this table to Lutyens has been confirmed by Mary Lutyens.

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