Lot 238
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TEA-TABLE, the serpentine-fronted beaded rectangular top above a rosette-and-flute channelled lip, the dished husk-trailed apron supported by scrolled channelled cabriole legs, on scroll feet, the gateleg to the reverse concealing a secret drawer, restorations

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TEA-TABLE, the serpentine-fronted beaded rectangular top above a rosette-and-flute channelled lip, the dished husk-trailed apron supported by scrolled channelled cabriole legs, on scroll feet, the gateleg to the reverse concealing a secret drawer, restorations
36¼in. (92cm.) wide; 29in. (79cm.) high; 17¾in. (45cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The card-table's serpentined form and voluted legs evolved from a pattern of table, in the French manner, such as Thomas Chippendale supplied in 1759 for Dumfries House, Scotland (see: C. Gilbert, Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, fig. 420), but its beaded rim with ribbon-guilloche of flowered flutes and its husk-festooned apron are executed in the elegant 'antique' manner of the 1770's

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