IN THE MANNER OF MAYHEW AND INCE

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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD, HAREWOOD AND MARQUETRY CARD-TABLE
In the manner of Mayhew and Ince
The rosewood crossbanded top enclosing a green baize-lined playing-surface, inlaid with floral swags and with a patera to the rear edge above a panelled frieze enclosing a drawer, on turned tapering fluted parcel-gilt legs with toupie feet, with painted number to the reverse 'A8698', the gateleg action replaced
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 44 in. (112 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep

Provenance

Bought from Stair & Co., 50 East 57th Street, New York, 10 November 1982.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

This card-table with its top inlaid with floral swags, relates to a pair of large giltwood pier tables with inlaid tops supplied to Richard Myddleton (d. 1795) for Chirk Castle, Denbighsire, by the Golden Square firm of cabinet-makers, John Mayhew (d. 1811) and William Ince (d. 1804). The Chirk tables have closely related marquetry inlaid tops of ribbon-tied floral swags, with a fan-motif to the rear edge and herm-fluted legs (Chirk Castle, Guidebook, Norwich, 1971, photographed in situ in The Saloon). Two letters from Ince of 1782 and 1783 refer to the giltwood saloon furniture at Chirk, and despite the absence of a bill, the majority of the saloon furniture, including a pair of pier tables and mirrors en suite, a suite of seat furniture and four torcheres, are firmly attributed to the firm of Mayhew & Ince (The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 596).

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