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Lot Essay
The elliptical form of these card-tables, was introduced in the 1770s and features in a pier-table pattern in Thomas Malton's, Compleat Treatise on Perspective, 1778, (pl. XXX1V, fig. 130). In the mid 1780s a pair of related tables, flower-painted in the manner popularised by the Mayfair artist/cabinet-maker George Brookshaw (d. 1823) was supplied for Ham House, Surrey (sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 14 June 2001, lot 110 (£58,750)). Another related table was amongst floral-painted furniture supplied in 1790 for Hauteville House, Guernsey by the Aldersgate firm of Seddon, Sons & Shackleton (C. Gilbert, 'Seddon, Sons & Shackleton', Furniture History, 1997, pp. 1-29, fig. 3).
A similar pair was sold by Mrs Lucy Goldschmidt-Moses, Sotheby's New York, 19 October 1991, lot 287 ($40,700). A pair was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 16 September 1999, lot 213 (£34,500) and a further pair was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 7 July 2000, lot 35 (£48,800).
A similar pair was sold by Mrs Lucy Goldschmidt-Moses, Sotheby's New York, 19 October 1991, lot 287 ($40,700). A pair was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 16 September 1999, lot 213 (£34,500) and a further pair was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 7 July 2000, lot 35 (£48,800).