Lot 60
60
Various Properties
A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND EBONY-INLAID MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE, the circular top banded with ebonised lines, on turned stop-reeded spreading shaft, the concave-sided triangular platform base with stylised anthemion mounts, on lotus-carved scrolled feet, the base indistinctly inscribed

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A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND EBONY-INLAID MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE, the circular top banded with ebonised lines, on turned stop-reeded spreading shaft, the concave-sided triangular platform base with stylised anthemion mounts, on lotus-carved scrolled feet, the base indistinctly inscribed
23¾in. (60.5cm.) diam.; 28in. (71cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The baluster's vertical and horizontal reeded ribbon-bands and tripod base with scroll feet embellished with Grecian palmettes in ormolu reflect the French 'antique' style popularised by Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, and its base derives in particular from his tripod stand illustrated, ibid., pl. XXXII

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