THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CARD-TABLE
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular twin-flap top with egg-and-dart carved edge enclosing a green baize-lined playing-surface with gilt-tooled border, above a Gothic panelled frieze, on square tapering legs with Gothic panels and block feet
29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 36 in. (91.5 cm.) wide; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The leg pilasters, with ribbon-frets in the 'Modern' Gothic fashion popularised by Thomas Chippendale's, Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director 1754-62, correspond to those of seat furniture, formerly in the possession of J. Mallett & Sons of Bath before being exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1920, and on an en suite armchair bequeathed to the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1938 by Lady W. S. Theobald (R. Edwards, English Chairs, 1951, no.66).

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