A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY METAMORPHIC PEMBROKE TABLE/WRITING- TABLE

CIRCA 1790

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY METAMORPHIC PEMBROKE TABLE/WRITING- TABLE
Circa 1790
The rectangular crossbanded top and flaps fitted to one side with a hinged raised writing compartment, the compartment with a sliding fall-front decorated with ribbon-tied garlands opening to reveal a central door inlaid with a floral spray sliding back to enclose a smaller drawer and flanked by four drawers and pigeonholes above a frieze fitted with one drawer and three false drawers, the reverse similarly fitted, with overall crossbanding on square panelled legs with block feet with brass caps and casters
29in. (75cm.) high, 37in. (94cm.) high with raised compartment, 45in. (106cm.) wide, 36in. (92cm.) deep

來源

Christie's London, 11 May 1967, lot 115.
Sold in these Rooms, 2 February 1991, lot 264 ($22,000).

拍品專文

Both the design and the mechanism of this table are very closely based on plate 56 of Thomas Sheraton, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1793. Another example was sold at Christie's London, 1 December 1977, lot 42; and a further example was offered at Sotheby's New York, 12 December 1987, lot 175.

The harlequin multi-purpose mechanical table, serving for eating, writing and gaming, was named after the 18th century master-of-disguises in the Commedia de Arte theatre.