Lot 182
182
A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONISED WRITING-TABLE, the eared rectangualr top crossbanded in rosewood and with moulded edge, above two cedar and mahogany-lined frieze drawers, the reverse with two simulated drawers on lyre-shaped end-supports, panelled downswept legs and brass paw feet, restorations and repair to stretcher, the top re-laid

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONISED WRITING-TABLE, the eared rectangualr top crossbanded in rosewood and with moulded edge, above two cedar and mahogany-lined frieze drawers, the reverse with two simulated drawers on lyre-shaped end-supports, panelled downswept legs and brass paw feet, restorations and repair to stretcher, the top re-laid
37in. (94cm.) wide; 29½in. (79cm.) high; 20½in. (52cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The French fashion for lyre-ended tables on claw feet, in the Grecian manner, featured on ebony-banded tables which Thomas Chippendale the Younger (d.1822) provided for Stourhead, Wiltshire in 1802 (see: J.Kenworthy-Browne, 'Thomas Chippendale the Younger at Stourhead', National Trust Yearbook, 1975, p.96)

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