A GEORGE III BURR-YEW SERPENTINE PEMBROKE TABLE

IN THE MANNER OF MAYHEW AND INCE

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A GEORGE III BURR-YEW SERPENTINE PEMBROKE TABLE
In the manner of Mayhew and Ince
Crossbanded overall in harewood and tulipwood, the twin-flap serpentine rectangular top inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines and a central sunburst above a frieze drawer to each end, on square tapering legs, brass caps and leather castors, traces of ebonising on the moulded border of the top
43¼ in. (109.5 cm.) wide, open; 28¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high; 33 in. (84 cm.) deep

Sale room notice

The estimate is £10,000-15,000 and not as stated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

The 'pembroke' breakfasting-table has its top serpentined in the manner of 'claw-pedestalled' table's illustrated in Mayhew and Ince's Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762 pl. XIII. It displays a mosaic sunburst in a medallioned compartment of marble-figured yew framed by ribboned bands edged with Etruscan-black fillets. Its ornament relates to a group of tables executed in the 1770s in the manner of Mayhew and Ince of Golden Square (see lot 47).

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