Lot 114
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERVING-TABLE
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERVING-TABLE

POSSIBLY BY MAYHEW AND INCE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERVING-TABLE
Possibly by Mayhew and Ince
The canted rectangular top geometrically veneered and with a crossbanded border, above a fluted frieze, on square tapering fluted legs headed by oval paterae, reduced in height, inscribed in chalk '242'
31 in. (78.5 cm.) high; 72.5 in. (183.5 cm.) wide; 33 in. (84 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

The heavily canted rectangular top and parquetry inlay relate to a pier table supplied by Mayhew and Ince to the 3rd Earl of Kerry in about 1770 and now in the Lady Lever Art Gallery (C. Cator, 'The Earl of Kerry and Mayhew and Ince: The Idlest Ostentation, Furniture History, 1990, p. 32, fig. 2).
A related serving-table, but with a blind fret-panelled frieze, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 8 June 1995, lot 211.

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