Lot 280
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AN ENGLISH ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT, BURR-WALNUT, EBONISED AND MARQUETRY LIBRARY-TABLE, the bow-ended rectangular top inlaid with ebonised and boxwood lines and a foliate spray to each end, with stiff-leaf collar above a panelled frieze inlaid with concentric circles and lotus-leaves, fitted with two mahogany-lined frieze drawers, the waisted end-supports with central foliate panel between turned Corinthian columns, joined by a similar turned columnar stretcher with central panelled block, above a Greek-key plinth and acanthus-carved arched block feet with brass castors, circa 1870

Details
AN ENGLISH ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT, BURR-WALNUT, EBONISED AND MARQUETRY LIBRARY-TABLE, the bow-ended rectangular top inlaid with ebonised and boxwood lines and a foliate spray to each end, with stiff-leaf collar above a panelled frieze inlaid with concentric circles and lotus-leaves, fitted with two mahogany-lined frieze drawers, the waisted end-supports with central foliate panel between turned Corinthian columns, joined by a similar turned columnar stretcher with central panelled block, above a Greek-key plinth and acanthus-carved arched block feet with brass castors, circa 1870
51in. (129.5cm.) wide; 28½in. (72.5cm.) high; 25¾in. (65.5cm.) deep
Provenance
Mrs Mary Morgan, 14 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1, sold J. & R. Edmiston, 5-6 May 1950, possibly lot 1100

Lot Essay

The trestle-ended table in the Renaissance style relates to one exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition of 1867 by Messrs. Trollop & Co. Their work was also praised at the 1850 Crystal Palace Exhibition.

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