Lot 9
9
AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE
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AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE

Details
AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE
The dished circular top with triple-moulded edge above a columnar shaft with fluted stem and spirally-fluted baluster, on channelled hipped downswept cabriole legs and on scroll feet, the threaded plate directly beneath the top possibly replaced and with old repairs
Diameter of top: 10½ in. (27 cm.); 20 in. (51 cm.) high
Provenance
With Charles Lumb, Harrogate.
Bought from Jeremy, 16 January 1965.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

This distinctive pattern of tripod base, or 'claw', relates very closely to a pattern on tables made by Thomas Chippendale, for example that with a hexagonal top supplied to Sir Lawrence Dundas for 19 Arlington Street in 1764 (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, fig. 470.)

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