Lot 65
65
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED SATINWOOD PIER TABLES
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED SATINWOOD PIER TABLES

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED SATINWOOD PIER TABLES
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each with a demi-lune top crossbanded in rosewood and decorated with urns hung with trailing flowers and foliage, with swagged half medallion at the rear edge painted en grisaille centred by a basket of fruit, above a leaf-carved serpentine frieze, on fluted tapering legs, regilt and possibly some reworking on the decoration, the painted decoration refreshed and probably partially later
35¾ in. (91 cm.) high; 40 in. (101.5 cm.) wide; 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) deep (2)
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Lot Essay

A card-table with a similar moulding-centred undulating frieze to its giltwood base was sold Sotheby's, London, 23 February 1990, lot 76. The top was elaborately inlaid with a shell and scrolls on a satinwood ground.

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