Lot Essay
The library-table, with Grecian reeded legs and palm-flowered brackets, was possibly commissioned for Euston Hall, Suffolk by Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (d. 1811), who served as Prime Minister to George III from 1767 to 1770. With its hermed legs capped by elliptical paterae, it relates in particular to a library table at Althorp, Northamptonshire which was probably introduced to the house around 1780.
The elliptical patera is a motif often found on furniture by Mayhew and Ince, for example the dressing-chest attibuted to Mayhew and Ince, sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 4 July 1996, lot 389. Although no records have been discovered, Mayhew and Ince are thought to have supplied furniture to Euston.
The elliptical patera is a motif often found on furniture by Mayhew and Ince, for example the dressing-chest attibuted to Mayhew and Ince, sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 4 July 1996, lot 389. Although no records have been discovered, Mayhew and Ince are thought to have supplied furniture to Euston.