Lot 101
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SMALL WRITING-TABLE
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SMALL WRITING-TABLE

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SMALL WRITING-TABLE
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular boxwood-inlaid and rosewood banded twin-flap top enclosing a black oil cloth-lined writing-surface, above a frieze drawer, on square tapering legs with patera-inlaid collars and brass caps and castors, the underside of the drawer inscribed 'Mr Dawson'
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide; 18 in. (45.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Townley-Balfour family, Townley Hall, Co. Louth, and by descent.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The table, with writing-surface concealed beneath the folding top, is likely to have been amongst the furniture commissioned for the bedroom apartments at Townley Hall, Co. Louth by Blayney Townley-Balfour (d. 1857) at the time of his marriage in 1797 to Lady Florence Cole. With its elegant herm-tapered legs, it relates to patterns in Thomas Sheraton's, The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1793 (pls. 43 and 44).

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