拍品 158
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A SINGHALESE WHITE METAL AND IVORY INLAID EBONY, EBONISED AND SPECIMEN EXOTIC WOOD CENTRE TABLE
A SINGHALESE WHITE METAL AND IVORY INLAID EBONY, EBONISED AND SPECIMEN EXOTIC WOOD CENTRE TABLE

19TH CENTURY

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A SINGHALESE WHITE METAL AND IVORY INLAID EBONY, EBONISED AND SPECIMEN EXOTIC WOOD CENTRE TABLE
19th Century
The circular tilt-top inlaid with a central ivory marquetry roundel issuing swirling segments divided by ivory and metal-inlaid feather-banding, the edge of the top carved with flowers and foliage, on a heavily-reeded baluster support with scrolling foliage ends, on a concave-sided hexagonal platform with patera, on paw feet with sunk castors, inscribed in chalk to the underside 's987', the castors stamped 'COPE PATENT'
28 in. (72.5 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) diam.

拍品專文

The 'loo' or centre table, with reed pillar and hollow-sided plinth, relates to patterns in T. King's The Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified, 1829. Its colourful top demonstrates the beauty and diversity of indigenous woods such as Calamander, Teak, Ironwood, Tamarind etc. originating in Sri Lanka (Ceylon). A related table was displayed in the Ceylon Court at the Paris 1855 International Exhibition and discussed in the Catalogue of the Natural and Artificial Products of Ceylon, 1855. A related table in the possession of Spink and Son, is illustrated in R. Jones, 'Nineteenth Century Carved Ebony Furniture from Sri Lanka,' Regional Furniture, 1996, pp. 27-39 and figs. 3 and 4. A similar table was sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 30 April 1997, lot 175. The table was inlaid with the arms of Edward Synge Cooper (d. 1830).