Lot 7
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AN 'ANTIQUARIAN' EBONISED-MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE
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AN 'ANTIQUARIAN' EBONISED-MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE

THE GEORGE II LEGS REUSED IN THE 19TH CENTURY

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AN 'ANTIQUARIAN' EBONISED-MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE
THE GEORGE II LEGS REUSED IN THE 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular later Portoro marble top above a gadrooned and fluted frieze centred by a shell issuing foliage, on lion-headed fluted tapering legs with hairy paw feet, with depository label inscribed '62', previously a stand
33 in. (84 cm.) high; 37½ in. (95 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep
Provenance
Bertram Wodehouse Currie (d. 1896), at either Minley Manor, Farnborough, Surrey or 1 Richmond Terrace, London and by descent.
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

The stand is supported by lion-headed and antique-fluted herms in the Roman manner popularised by William Kent (d. 1748) and resembles those on a 'Chippendale' desk purchased in 1948 by the Victoria & Albert Museum (R. Edwards, Georgian Furniture, London, 1951, fig. 38).

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