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A CHINESE BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER GILT-DECORATED CENTER TABLE
18TH CENTURY
The rectangular dished top with stylized borders and circular motifs, the pierced frieze and scrolled apron on cabriole legs with claw and ball feet, decorated with floral sprays (decoration restored) - 28in. (72cm.) high, 34¼in. (87cm.) wide, 19in. (48cm.) deep
Tables such as the offered lot, referred to as 'India tea tables' in the 18th century, were intended to display Chinese porcelain objects. Nearly identical tables may be found at Harewood House, Yorkshire, and Osterley Park, Middlesex. The Harewood House table is illustrated in situ in C. Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, vol. II, 1978, p. 167, pl. 300. The Osterley tables are listed in the gallery in the 1782 inventory as 'two blackenned and gold japanned tables.' (M. Tomlin, 'The 1782 Inventory of Osterley Park', F.H.S.J., vol. XXII, 1986, p. 120).
18TH CENTURY
The rectangular dished top with stylized borders and circular motifs, the pierced frieze and scrolled apron on cabriole legs with claw and ball feet, decorated with floral sprays (decoration restored) - 28in. (72cm.) high, 34¼in. (87cm.) wide, 19in. (48cm.) deep
Tables such as the offered lot, referred to as 'India tea tables' in the 18th century, were intended to display Chinese porcelain objects. Nearly identical tables may be found at Harewood House, Yorkshire, and Osterley Park, Middlesex. The Harewood House table is illustrated in situ in C. Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, vol. II, 1978, p. 167, pl. 300. The Osterley tables are listed in the gallery in the 1782 inventory as 'two blackenned and gold japanned tables.' (M. Tomlin, 'The 1782 Inventory of Osterley Park', F.H.S.J., vol. XXII, 1986, p. 120).