POSSIBLY BY PIERRE LANGLOIS

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A GEORGE III TULIPWOOD TEAPOY
Possibly by Pierre Langlois
Inlaid overall with boxwood lines, the waved eared rectangular hinged top enclosing a fitted interior with a central mixing-bowl flanked by removable walnut caddies with tulipwood banding above a rose-pink paper-lined interior, the serpentine frieze similarly inlaid, on cabriole legs joined by a shaped stretcher with quarter-veneering and splayed feet, the underside of the well with black-painted underside
29¼ in. (74.5 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) wide; 10¾ in. (17.5 cm.) deep

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

Sale room notice

Please note that the fitted teapoy interior has been added at a later date, probably in the 19th Century; it would have originally been a plain well.

Lot Essay

This 'tea-poy' table, with caddies concealed beneath a hinged top, is elegantly serpentined and stretcher-trayed in the French fashion introduced by the Tottenham Court Road cabinet-maker, Pierre Langlois (d.1767).
The distinctive use of black-painting to the secondary woods of the carcase is also characteristic of his work.

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