Lot 180
180
The Property of the late DOWAGER COUNTESS HOWE, Sold By Order of the Executors
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFAST-TABLE after a design by Thomas Chippendale, the rectangular twin-flap top above a single mahogany-lined frieze-drawer with slide enclosing compartments, the rectangular undertier enclosed with chinoiserie fretwork with recessed door, on square chamfered legs, damage to fretwork

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFAST-TABLE after a design by Thomas Chippendale, the rectangular twin-flap top above a single mahogany-lined frieze-drawer with slide enclosing compartments, the rectangular undertier enclosed with chinoiserie fretwork with recessed door, on square chamfered legs, damage to fretwork
43½in. (110.5cm.) wide, open; 29in. (73.5cm.) high; 25in. (63.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This table was described by Thomas Chippendale as a 'Breakfast Table' in his influential work The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, London, 1754, and is similar to his design (pl. XXXIII). Another example is in the Victoria & Albert Museum (W.64-1950) (see: D. FitzGerald, Georgian Furniture, London, 1969, no. 80)

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