A PAIR OF GEORGE III PADOUK, SATINWOOD, MARQUETRY AND EBONIZED GAMES TABLES

CIRCA 1775

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III PADOUK, SATINWOOD, MARQUETRY AND EBONIZED GAMES TABLES
Circa 1775
Each semi-eliptical hinged top inlaid with foliate roundels, husk swags and a shell, one enclosing a green baize-lined interior, the other enclosing a satinwood interior, over a frieze decorated with foliate roundels and husk swags, on square tapering legs with later brass caps and casters, with a label 2389, restorations to legs
29in. (74cm.) high, 39in. (99cm.) wide, 17¾in. (45cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

The use of an exotic wood as a background for this classically inspired marquetry comprising swagged husks and fan medallion suggest similarities to the work of Thomas Chippendale such as appear on a pembroke table supplied for Newby Hall in around 1775 (illustrated in C.Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol.II, pl.459). The distinctive whorled rosettes and Grecian palmettes can be found on one of his 1770s 'frieze' designs for Burton Constable, Yorkshire (illustrated op.cit., pl.26) as well as on a fall-front secretaire supplied for Harewood House in 1772 (ibid, p.62, fig.96).

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