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Lot Essay
In 1757 Benjamin Goodison (d. 1767) supplied a related pair of card-tables, with Grecian ribbon-fret inlay, for Holkham Hall, Norfolk at a cost of 12.10.0 (A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London 1968, fig. 371 and reproduced here). An almost identical table was sold The Property of a Lady, Christie's London, 16 November 1995, lot 24. Another similar table which also featured hinges stamped H. Tibats, was sold by The Executors of the Late Colonel Harold Scott of Encombe Dorset, Christie's London, 15 April 1999, lot 60. Most recently a pair of related tables with parquetry tops and conformingly inlaid friezes were sold Christie's London, 10 July 2003, lot 55.
Many fine pieces of mid-18th Century case furniture, particularly card tables, have 'H.TIBATS' stamped on their concertina-action hinges. The stamp almost certainly refers to Hugh Tibbatts, 'hinge and sash fastening maker' of Bell Street Wolverhampton, listed in The Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Wallsall, Dudley, Bilston and Willenhall Directory, 1781. There appears to be no mention of Tibats or Tibbats (the spelling of the name varies) in the West Midlands area after 1781.
Many fine pieces of mid-18th Century case furniture, particularly card tables, have 'H.TIBATS' stamped on their concertina-action hinges. The stamp almost certainly refers to Hugh Tibbatts, 'hinge and sash fastening maker' of Bell Street Wolverhampton, listed in The Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Wallsall, Dudley, Bilston and Willenhall Directory, 1781. There appears to be no mention of Tibats or Tibbats (the spelling of the name varies) in the West Midlands area after 1781.