A VICTORIAN GILTWOOD PIER TABLE

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A VICTORIAN GILTWOOD PIER TABLE
Of slightly canted rectangular outline, with hollow cavetto moulded frieze filled with pierced scrolling foliage, above three Gothic arches separated by finials, the spandrels carved with foliage, the angles with four half-columns surmounted by finials, the sides with conforming arch, framing a linen-fold panelled backboard, above a close-nailed damson crushed-velvet covered platform, on a plinth base with breakfront sections, lacking top, refreshments to the gilding
35¾ in. (91 cm.) high; 58 in. (147.5 cm.) wide; 30¼ in. (77 cm.) deep

Sale room notice

This table is sold with a marble top (not illustrated in the catalogue).

Lot Essay

The sideboard, with velvet-upholstered plinth for displaying silver plate, is embellished with foliate linen-fold panels, cluster columned pilasters, cusped arches and a rich foliated freize. Its antiquarian style reflects the gothic manner adopted in the 1840s by such firms as Crace and Son and evolved from that introduced in the 1820s for George IV's dining-room at Windsor Castle, (M. Aldrich, The Craces: Royal Decorators 1768-1899, Brighton 1990, p. 310).

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