PROBABLY BY MAYHEW AND INCE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE
Probably by Mayhew and Ince
The rectangular twin-flap top with ebonised edge and re-entrant corners, above a mahogany-lined frieze drawer, and simulated drawer on the reverse, on square tapering fluted legs with block feet, leather castors, the knob handles 19th Century, lacking one castor
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 35½ in. (90 cm.) wide, open; 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to George William, 6th Earl of Coventry (1722-1809) for Croome Court, Worcestershire and by descent with the Earls of Coventry.

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Lot Essay

This Pembroke table was almost certainly commissioned by George William, 6th Earl of Coventry (1722-1809) who employed the leading cabinet-makers of his day to furnish his country seat, Croome Court in Worcestershire and his London house, 29 (now 106) Piccadilly. Among these cabinet-makers was the Golden Square firm of John Mayhew and William Ince, who in July 1781, invoiced 'a Very neat mah'y Pembroke table of very fine wood with Drawer, Lock and Key on Castors complete...£3 - 13 - 6', and on September 8, 1781, another, identically described Pembroke table for the same price. The latter tables bear similarities to the present lot, including fluted supports and block feet. The accounts of Mayhew and Ince, twenty three in all, presented between 1 March 1764 and 17 May 1794, totalled £1,359-15s-8d, a considerable sum, although less than half Vile and Cobb's total.

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