CIRCA 1785

细节

A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND INLAID D-SHAPED CARD-TABLES
CIRCA 1785
Each with baize-lined hinged top crossbanded in satinwood, with conforming friezes, on square tapering legs headed with satinwood lozenge inlay with lines
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 36¼ in. (92 cm.) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep (2)

来源

Almost certainly supplied to John Crosse Crooke (1754-1829) and Elizabeth Crooke (née Parry) (1753-1845), Kempshott House, Hampshire; and thence by descent.

注意事项

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拍品专文

John and Elizabeth Crooke acquired Kempshott House in 1778, and these tables are probably those listed in the hall in an inventory of 1789 which was made when the house was leased to the Prince Regent: "Two mahogany card tables, lined green cloth". Kempshott was demolished in the 1960s.