A GEORGE IV GONCALO ALVES WRITING-TABLE

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A GEORGE IV GONCALO ALVES WRITING-TABLE
The rounded rectangular top with beaded edge, above three part ash-lined frieze drawers and bead-and-reel carved edge, on S-scrolled legs joined by shaped end stretchers, on brass caps and ceramic castors, restorations, previously with knob handles
28½ in. (73 cm.) high; 73½ in. (187 cm.) wide; 33¼ in. (84.5 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

The table has truss-scrolled trestles, in the manner of the antique 'Agrippa' sarcophagus, and derives from Thomas Hope's Duchess Street tables (T. Hope, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, pl. XII), which derived in turn from one illustrated in C. Percier and P. Fontaine's Recueil de Décorations Intérieures, 1802. Related trestles feature on a rosewood table sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 8 July 1993, lot 36.

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