拍品 161
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II OIL-GILT AND MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION GAMES TABLES
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR (Lots 159-165)
A PAIR OF GEORGE II OIL-GILT AND MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION GAMES TABLES

CIRCA 1755

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II OIL-GILT AND MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION GAMES TABLES
Circa 1755
0ach with serpentine foldover top with a gilt repeating panelled rosette-carved edge, opening to green velvet-lined playing surface, above a plain serpentine frieze with gilt leaf-tip-carved lower molded edge, on straight chamfered legs carved with gilt pagoda issuing acanthus husks and panelled flowerheads, the front legs with pierced acanthus clasp-carved angles
28½in. (72.5cm.) high, 36¾in. (93.5cm.) wide, 18in. (45.5cm.) deep (2)

拍品專文

This fine pair of card tables display unusual fret carved decoration which would have originally been high-lighted by fine oil-gilding. They can be related to the Weller-Poley suite sold Christie's London, 3 July 1997, lots 20-23 inclusive. The design for this sweet may have been taken from Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director, First Edition, 1754, pl. IX.