Lot 245
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CROSSBANDED AND INLAID OVAL PEMBROKE TABLE
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CROSSBANDED AND INLAID OVAL PEMBROKE TABLE

BY HENRY KETTLE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CROSSBANDED AND INLAID OVAL PEMBROKE TABLE
By Henry Kettle
The oval crossbanded top inlaid with lines, containing a tulipwood crossbanded drawer in the frieze, on square tapered legs, brass caps and leather castors, the drawer bearing a label 'Henry Kettle, successor to Mr Philip Bell, CABINET MAKER upholder and undertaker at No 23 in St Paul's Churchyard LONDON'
28½in. (72cm.) high, 38in. (96cm.) wide extended, 31½in. (80cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

Henry Kettle is recorded in the The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, Furniture History Society, pp.510-11.

A similar label is illustrated Fig. 542 in The Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840 by Christopher Gilbert and other examples of labelled furniture pp.288-296.

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