A GEORGE II WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE TABLE

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A GEORGE II WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE TABLE
The later rectangular grey breccia marble top above a flowerhead and C-scroll moulding and a blind geometric fretwork frieze, centred by a pierced acanthus pendant to the front and sides and with a foliate border, on cabriole legs headed by acanthus cabochon with C-scroll and acanthus angles, on paw feet, previously but not originally with a wooden top, redecorated
58¼ in. (148 cm.) wide; 31¾ in. (80.5 cm.) high; 28 in. (71 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The table's frieze, with acanthus cartouche tied by Chinese ribbon-fret, derives from a 1753 'Sideboard Table' pattern issued in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754, pl. XXXVIII.
A pair of related eagle-footed tables was supplied in the 1750s for the dining-room at Hopetoun House, West Lothian, Scotland (A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London, 1968, fig. 408).

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