Lot Essay
A work table of this type, with flexed naturalistic supports and hoof feet, is illustrated in George Smith, A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1808, pl. 76
Details
A REGENCY WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT WORK-TABLE in the manner of George Smith, the associated brass-bound circular top with a distressed inset paper and enclosing a pleated silk-lined body, on part spirally- fluted naturalistic legs and hoof feet, on a concave-sided canted triangular platform base and later bun feet, with fragmentary typewritten label CLINTON
15½in. (39.5cm.) diameter; 30¼in. (77cm.) high;
15½in. (39.5cm.) diameter; 30¼in. (77cm.) high;
Provenance
Bought from A. Cook at the Antique Dealers' Fair, Grosvenor House, 1959 and invoiced on 29 June for #292 10s