Lot 101
101
A GILTWOOD OCTAGONAL CENTRE TABLE in the manner of Thomas Johnson with inset octagonal variegated rouge marble slab within a moulded frame, on a naturalistically-carved trunk with four branches, one with a bird in a nest, another with a parrot with a dog and a putti beneath, on a naturalistically-carved base, the serpentine outer border with cabochon-encrusted acanthus sprays and pierced channelled moulding, on a later rectangular base, the top later and with pencil inscription to the underside Top

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A GILTWOOD OCTAGONAL CENTRE TABLE in the manner of Thomas Johnson with inset octagonal variegated rouge marble slab within a moulded frame, on a naturalistically-carved trunk with four branches, one with a bird in a nest, another with a parrot with a dog and a putti beneath, on a naturalistically-carved base, the serpentine outer border with cabochon-encrusted acanthus sprays and pierced channelled moulding, on a later rectangular base, the top later and with pencil inscription to the underside Top
20in. (51cm.) wide, 30in. (77.5cm.) high, 20in. (51cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This table, with its sporting figure hunting a bird, is designed in the Louis XV picturesque style popularised by Thomas Johnson of Soho (d.1778) and revived in the mid-19th Century. It relates to a pattern illustrated by G.W. Yapp in Art Industry Furniture etc., 1879. (See E.T. Joy, Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1977, p.556)

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