BY GEORGE OAKLEY, CIRCA 1810

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A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID CALAMANDER CARD-TABLE
BY GEORGE OAKLEY, CIRCA 1810
The D-shaped swivelling top inlaid with scrolls between stars, enclosing a green baize-lined playing-surface, above a panelled frieze enclosing a well, on four ebonised baluster supports and a rectangular plinth, on downswept legs with brass caps and castors
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 35¾ in. (91 cm.) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep

Provenance

Supplied to Charles Madryll Cheere, Papworth Hall, Cambridgeshire, circa 1810.
By descent to Mrs Stileman until the early 20th century.

Literature

R. Edwards, ed., The Dictionary of English Furniture, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1954, vol. III, p. 202, fig. 42.
M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1965, p. 109.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The window-pier table, of black-figured calamander wood with plinth-supported pillars on a Grecian-scrolled claw, was designed to harmonise with a central Drawing Room 'Loo' table; and reflects 'French 'Louis Quatorze' fashion with its frieze inlay of palm-flowered and Grecian-scrolled tablets in golden brass.
In addition, the Grecian-black ribbon-banding of the scroll-fronted top displays 'Egyptian' sunbursts and fretted wave-scrolls; while sun-disc bas-reliefs embellish the plinth trusses, which are inlaid with antique flutes.
It was designed in 1810 by George Oakley for Charles Madryll Cheere to harmonise with the classical architecture then being introduced at Papworth Hall, Cambridgeshire by his architect George Byfield (d.1813). Its accompanying, 'circular loo table' was invoiced at £31.10.6.

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