Lot 157
157
Various Properties
A PAIR OF MARQUETRY AND GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES, the bases George III and attributed to Thomas Chippendale, each with semi-elliptical top cross-banded in tulipwood and inlaid on a rosewood ground with a centrla half-medallion flanked by flowerheads in ribbon-suspended ovals and banded with foliate scrolls, the border with leaf-filled serpentine scrolls, the bases with fluted friezes on panelled square tapering legs headed by flowerhead roundlels and filled with trailing foliage, on block feet, the tops and bases associated, the tops 20th Century, adapted to fit together as a centre table

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A PAIR OF MARQUETRY AND GILTWOOD CONSOLE TABLES, the bases George III and attributed to Thomas Chippendale, each with semi-elliptical top cross-banded in tulipwood and inlaid on a rosewood ground with a centrla half-medallion flanked by flowerheads in ribbon-suspended ovals and banded with foliate scrolls, the border with leaf-filled serpentine scrolls, the bases with fluted friezes on panelled square tapering legs headed by flowerhead roundlels and filled with trailing foliage, on block feet, the tops and bases associated, the tops 20th Century, adapted to fit together as a centre table
56in. (143cm.) wide; 31¾in. (81cm.) high; 24½in. (62.5cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

The source of design of the later tops of these tables is a pair of pier-tables supplied circa 1770 by Thomas Chippendale for the Dining-room of Harewood House, Yorkshire (see: C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, p. 261, fig. 476)
On the 18th century bases, the combination of broad panelled square tapering legs and flowerhead roundels is closely related to several tables by Chippendale, including a pair of pier tables, also at Harewood House and supplied to there circa 1771 (ibid., vol. II, p. 260, fig. 474)

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