A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION CARD-TABLE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION CARD-TABLE
The hinged rectangular top with bead-and-reel moulded edge, enclosing a green-baize lined playing-surface, above a plain frieze, on cabriole legs headed by foliage, with scrolled feet, one hinge stamped 'H TIBATS', lacking four ear tips
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 36 in. (91.5 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

Provenance

Bought from Frank Partridge, 18 August 1915, 65.
The 1st Viscount Leverhulme, probably Thornton Manor, Cheshire.
By whom sold Knight, Frank & Rutley, London, 10-11 June 1926, lot 158, 39.18s.

Literature

L. Wood, The Lady Lever Art Gallery Catalogue of Commodes, London, 1994, p. 328-329.

Lot Essay

The Tibats hinge, which has been recorded on a group of card-tables, was illustrated in 1966 in P. Thornton, 'A Signed Hinge', Furniture History, 1966, pp. 44-45, pl. XXIII, fig. A.
A related mahogany card-table with hinges stamped 'H. TIBATS', with egg-and-dart moulded edge and acanthus carved legs with scroll feet, was sold from the Michael Liptich Gallery, Sotheby's London, 22 May 1998, lot 82.

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