A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY DEMI-LUNE PIER TABLE

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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE MRS. MICHAEL BEHRENS SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS (LOTS 52-65)

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A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY DEMI-LUNE PIER TABLE
Crossbanded overall in rosewood, the top inlaid with a ribbon-tied floral garland centred by a medallion, above a floral-inlaid frieze, on square tapering legs inlaid with laurel and headed by palms and simulated flutes
35½ in. (90 cm.) high; 46 in. (117 cm.) wide; 21¼ in. (54 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The table top displays beribboned garlands of Venus's roses amongst flowers festooned around a medallion that evokes lyric poetry and probably depicts Venus's attendant Grace Aglaia bound by Cupid. Such trompe l'oiel paintings in the 'antique' manner were inspired by engravings after the work of the artist Angelika Kauffmann (d. 1810) (see C. G. Boerner, Angelika Kauffmann und Ihre Zeit, Düsseldorf, 1979, p. 65, no. 128).

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