Lot 185
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A GEORGE IV OCTAGONAL SPECIMEN-MARBLE, ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT CENTRE TABLE
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A GEORGE IV OCTAGONAL SPECIMEN-MARBLE, ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT CENTRE TABLE

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE IV OCTAGONAL SPECIMEN-MARBLE, ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT CENTRE TABLE
Early 19th century
The Roman top inlaid with various marbles and centred by a chessboard, on a tripartite base with addorsed dolphins, on a concave-sided canted triangular base with claw-and-ball feet and brass castors, the base regilt and previously rosewood-simulated
29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 33¾ in. (86 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 6 July 1995, lot 45 (£10,350).
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Lot Essay

The fashion during the reign of King George IV for related bronze and ormolu-enriched tables 'supported by a tripod of dolphins, without the aid of a stem' is discussed in Rudolph Ackermann's Repository of Arts of May 1825. A related dolphin-supported marble table with altar-tripod plinth, which at one time furnished Moccas Court, Herefordshire, was sold Christie's New York, 15 October 1994, lot 416 (J. Fowler and J. Cornforth, English Decoration in the 18th Century, London, 1978, p. 143, fig. 123).

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