POSSIBLY BY JAMES MOORE, CIRCA 1720

A related table at Boughton House, Northamptonshire, with acanthus-bulb feet and gessoed top, has been attributed to James Moore (d. 1726) (see R. Edwards and M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers, London, rev. ed., 1965, p.136, fig.33). James Moore appears to have had an early connection with the renowned Gumley family, and from 1714 onwards was in partnership with John Gumley on Royal commissions. A pair of gilt-gesso tables in the Royal collection, bearing the crowned cypher of George I, are incised MOORE to the top edge (see J. Harris et al, Buckingham Palace and Its Treasures, New York, 1968, p.109).

Another related table, forming part of the collection assembled at Woolton House, Berkshire by Colonel Roger and Mrs. Hue-Williams, was sold in Sotheby's house sale, 7 December 1993, lot 182.