Lot 84
84
A VICTORIAN OAK AND SPECIMEN MARBLE SIDE TABLE, the rectangular top inset with a rounded rectangular specimen-marble slab with central Sicilian Jasper border and chequerboard, the panelled frieze centred by the Langford-Brooke crest, upon ring-turned legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, with inventory mark KTLB

Details
A VICTORIAN OAK AND SPECIMEN MARBLE SIDE TABLE, the rectangular top inset with a rounded rectangular specimen-marble slab with central Sicilian Jasper border and chequerboard, the panelled frieze centred by the Langford-Brooke crest, upon ring-turned legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, with inventory mark KTLB
Provenance
The top purchased by Peter Langford-Brooke (d. 1840) while on the Grand tour on 18 December 1829. The base commissioned by Peter Langford-Brooke (d. 1840) on his return
Literature

Lot Essay

The account books for 18 December 1829 record that Peter Langford-Brooke (d. 1840) paid ¨69 for this Chess board of Sicilian Agate. Its bobbin-encrusted stand, enriched with the Langford-Brooke crest of a badger, was commissioned in the Old English or Elizabethan style for the Antiquarian Peter Langford-Brooke's New Hall at Mere in the 1830's

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