EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE LEGS PROBABLY LATER

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY, BRONZED AND PARCEL-GILT SERVING-TABLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE LEGS PROBABLY LATER
The breakfront top with later three-quarter gallery, above a reeded frieze enclosing a later drawer, on winged leopard monopodia, originally with a hinged flap to the frieze, now fitted as a drawer
35¼ in. (89.5 cm.) high, excluding gallery; 102¼ in. (260 cm.) wide; 31 in. (79 cm.) deep

Provenance

By repute the Marquesses of Lansdowne, Bowood, Wiltshire.

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Lot Essay

This serving-table reputedly came from Bowood, Wiltshire, seat of the Marquesses of Lansdowne. The Big House at Bowood was remodelled by Henry Keene in 1755 with Robert Adam altering the portico and decorating the interior between 1761 and 1770. The house was demolished in 1955-1956 and the family moved to the Little House created out of the former stable block. An old Country Life photograph of the dining-room shows a large Regency serving-table with lion monopodia (see G. Worsley, England's Lost Houses, London, 2002, p. 126).

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