CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY RUDD'S TABLE
CIRCA 1770
The rectangular top crossbanded in satinwood and rosewood with central fan medallion and foliate angles, the central drawer fitted with crossbanded compartments, divisions and a sliding panel, the left drawer with lidded crossbanded compartment and tray, the other drawer with divided shallow tray and pin-cushion, both with hinged mirrors, on square tapered tulipwood crossbanded legs, the marquetry and crossbanding on the top possibly later, one back leg replaced
32 in. (81.5 cm.) high; 46½ in. (118 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep;

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Lot Essay

This table form with double mirrors was introduced in the 1770s and named a 'Rudd' table after Margaret Caroline Rudd (d. 1779), who may have been related to the architect Jean Baptiste Rudd (see The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1984, p. 770 and Country Life, 2 June 1966, p. 1409). A 'Rudd's Table' pattern was illustrated in Messrs A. Hepplewhite & Co.'s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pl. 79).

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