A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CENTRE TABLE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CENTRE TABLE
The rectangular galleried top above a plain frieze, on triple cluster- column legs with imbricated panels headed by pierced angle-brackets, inscribed in chalk to the underside '33', restorations and replacements to the gallery and angle-brackets, reduced in height by ¾ in. above the feet
29¼ in. (74.5 cm.) high; 32½ in. (82.5 cm.) wide; 22¾ in. (58 cm.) deep

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Patterns for related tray-railed 'China Tables' featured in Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, London, 2nd ed., 1755, pl. XXXIII. Related tiered pillared legs, likewise tied with tablets imbricated with 'Venus' dolphin-scales, feature on a suite of drawing-room seat furniture supplied in the late 1760s to Padworth House, Berkshire (see Major C. W. Darby-Griffith, 'Padworth House II', Country Life, 23 September 1922, p. 376, figs. 11 and 12.

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