Lot 188
188
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMBOYNA AND PARCEL-GILT CENTRE TABLE, the moulded circular liver marble top with egg-and-dart edge on a pierced base with central column support carved with lotus-leaf and with three turned outer supports with acanthus baluster bases, on a circular platform and scrolled feet

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A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMBOYNA AND PARCEL-GILT CENTRE TABLE, the moulded circular liver marble top with egg-and-dart edge on a pierced base with central column support carved with lotus-leaf and with three turned outer supports with acanthus baluster bases, on a circular platform and scrolled feet
31¾in. (80.5cm.) diam.; 29½in. (79cm.) high

Lot Essay

This pedestal-supported table is accompanied by pilasters in the French 'antique' manner such as the tripod-tables manufactured by Jacob-Desmalter (see: L. de Groer, Les Arts Décoratifs de 1790 à 1850, Fribourg, 1985, p.58)
George Smith's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1826, published table patterns with palm-wrapped pedestals on scroll-footed plinths

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