Lot Essay
The inlaid 'Apollo' laurel-wreath and Grecian-lyre supports with Egyptian herms reflect the French Empire style that became fashionable in the late 19th Century
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID PLUM-PUDDING MAHOGANY CENTRE TABLE of Regency style with rectangular top, inlaid with a laurel border and frieze, the cavetto cornice on twin part-gadooned lyre-shaped supports with central patinated bronze and ormolu herms, spreading supports inlaid with floral bursts upon a rectangular platform with domed foliate patera, within a laurel border and on waisted turned feet, with printed label to the underside, The Property of /The Earl of Hardwicke, late 19th Century
Details
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID PLUM-PUDDING MAHOGANY CENTRE TABLE of Regency style with rectangular top, inlaid with a laurel border and frieze, the cavetto cornice on twin part-gadooned lyre-shaped supports with central patinated bronze and ormolu herms, spreading supports inlaid with floral bursts upon a rectangular platform with domed foliate patera, within a laurel border and on waisted turned feet, with printed label to the underside, The Property of /The Earl of Hardwicke, late 19th Century
26in. (66cm.) wide; 30¼in. (76.5cm.) high; 17¼in. (44cm.) deep
26in. (66cm.) wide; 30¼in. (76.5cm.) high; 17¼in. (44cm.) deep
Provenance
The Earls of Hardwicke