A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD OCTAGONAL TABLE
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD OCTAGONAL TABLE

CIRCA 1795

細節
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD OCTAGONAL TABLE
CIRCA 1795
The crossbanded tilt-top above a reeded stem and reeded ogee tripod legs, with brass caps and castors
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 41.5 in. (105.5 cm.) wide
來源
Almost certainly commissioned by Robert Williams (d. 1814) for Bridehead, Devon; thence by descent to
Sir Philip Williams, Bridehead, Dorset; sold
Sotheby's, The West Wycombe Park Sale, 22-24 June 1998, lot 906.
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拍品專文

THE WILLIAMS FAMILY OF BRIDEHEAD, DORSET
Robert Williams (1735-1814) acquired the estates at Little Bredy, near Bridehead in 1797. He was an M.P. for Dorchester, a Director of the East India Company and a partner in Vere, Williams, Son, Moffat and Burgess (which later became Williams & Glyn). On his death in 1814 he had amassed a fortune worth over half a million pounds. His son, Robert II inherited the estate and employed Peter Frederick Robinson in 1831 to remodel the house in the Tudor style. However, despite the Tudor exterior, Robert II furnished the interior of the house with contemporary works of art and furniture including pieces by George Bullock. In the next generation Robert III (1811-1890) employed the architect Benjamin Ferrey to give the house a gothic air and had Gothic and Jacobean furniture specially designed for the interiors.

This table is listed in the late 19th century inventory of the contents of Bridehead, in "Lady Emily's Room", as "a mahogany octagon table banded". Lady Emily was the second wife of Robert Williams III, and the daughter of John, 8th Earl of Melville and 9th Earl of Leven.