EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY EBONISED AND PAINTED SIDE TABLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with arabesque decoration, with removable simulated Portor marble wooden top above an open shelf framed by painted panels and shaped borders, on a reeded plinth with paw feet, refreshments to the decoration, the top associated
32 in. (81 cm.) high; 45 in. (114.5 cm.) wide; 21¾ in. (55 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

With its marble top, Grecian-stepped plinth raised on griffin paws, and 'Louis Quatorze' foliate decoration, it relates to 'Pier Commodes' in the French/antique fashion as popularised by George Smith's Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1808. The façades fretted 'Chinese tablets', appropriate for china display, reflect the contemporary whimsical taste adopted at the Marine Pavilion, Brighton by George, Prince of Wales, later George IV.

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