A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD READING-TABLE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD READING-TABLE
The later moulded rectangular hinged ratcheted top with a retractable candleslide to each side, above a turned shaft and spirally-fluted cut-baluster stem, on cabriole legs and pad feet, the top damaged, one foot with repaired break
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 30 in. (77.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Marquesses of Tweeddale, Yester House, East Lothian, Scotland.
Thence by descent at Yester until 1969 when acquired by the present owner.

Lot Essay

A related tripod reading-table but with vertically-fluted shaft was sold at Sotheby's London, 15 July 1994, lot 47 (5,980). A design for a tripod reading-stand with hinged ratcheted top and candle-slides, described as a 'Reading or Music Desk', is illustrated in William Ince and John Mayhew, The Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762, pl. XXVI.

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