A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION GAMES TABLE

CIRCA 1755, A HINGE STAMPED H.TIBATS

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION GAMES TABLE
Circa 1755, a hinge stamped H.TIBATS
The hinged rectangular top with molded edge opening via concertina-action to a green felt-inset playing surface, above a plain frieze with cockbeaded lower edge, on square legs headed by pierced scrolling spandrals
28½in. (72.5cm.) high, 35¾in. (91cm.) wide, 17½in. (44.5cm.) deep closed, 35¼in. (89.5cm.) deep open

Lot Essay

A number of distinguished pieces of case furiture dating from the third quarter of the eighteenth century are mounted with metalwork bearing the stamp of H. Tibats. Peter Thornton suggests that Tibats may have been based in Birmingham, perhaps as a rival to the rapidly expanding firm of Boulton and Fothergill (see P. Thornton, Furniture History, 1966, vol.II, pp.44-45, pl.XXII).

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