Lot 66
66
A QUEEN ANNE GILT-GESSO SMALL SIDE TABLE
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF COLONEL NORMAN COLVILLE M.C. (1893-1974) (LOTS 60-89)
A QUEEN ANNE GILT-GESSO SMALL SIDE TABLE

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A QUEEN ANNE GILT-GESSO SMALL SIDE TABLE
The rectangular top with re-entrant corners and geometric acanthus and strapwork designs, on a pounced ground, above a concave-moulded and foliate-carved frieze, on club legs headed by acanthus panels, on pad feet with conforming panels, possibly originally a stand
24½ in. (62 cm.) high; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide; 13½ in. (34 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired by Colonel Norman Colville M.C. (1893-1974).
Special notice
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's hollowed frieze is wrapped by Roman acanthus foliage and embellished with an 'antique' ribbon-guilloche of trompe l'oeil flutes, and relates to that of a longer pier-table supplied about 1715 to Lord Cobham and attributed to James Moore (d. 1726). However, unlike the latter table, its acanthus-husk enrichments hang downwards within the flutes (R. Edwards and M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers, rev.ed., London, 1955, fig. 21). Its ribbon-scrolled top with flowered compartment in the Louis Quatorze 'antique' manner, relates to backs of chairs that have been attributed to James Moore, while its serpentined and columnar legs have acanthus-wrapped shoulders and pad feet in the manner of a table at Erddig, North Wales, which was formerly attributed to James Moore (ibid., figs. 32 and 31).

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