Lot 45
45
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE SERVING-TABLE, the eared top above a fluted frieze centred by a tablet carved with swags and a patera, on square tapering fluted legs headed by flowerheads and on block feet

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE SERVING-TABLE, the eared top above a fluted frieze centred by a tablet carved with swags and a patera, on square tapering fluted legs headed by flowerheads and on block feet
58¾in. (149cm.) wide; 36in. (91.5cm.) high; 30½in. (77cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The sideboard-table's fluted frieze and plinth-supported 'herm' feet derive from a pattern illustrated in R. & J. Adam's Works in Architecture, 1774, pl. VIII. Its serpentined form Apollo-sunflower paterae and husk-festooned tablet relate to patterns for sideboards illustrated in A. Hepplewhite & Co., The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788

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