Lot 72
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A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD CIRCULAR BREAKFAST-TABLE
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A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD CIRCULAR BREAKFAST-TABLE

FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD CIRCULAR BREAKFAST-TABLE
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The circular tilt-top on a leaf-carved spreading baluster shaft, the concave-sided triangular base with acanthus leaf-wrapped scrolled feet, restorations to the column
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 66 in. (168 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Reputedly supplied to William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858), 14 Chichester Terrace, Kemp Town, Brighton. Professor G. Balcombe; Sotheby's, London, 27 January 1978, lot 189.
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

This table was reputedly made for William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858) soon after he bought 14 Chichester Terrace, Kemp Town, Brighton, in 1828. Kemp Town was the estate conceived and built from 1823-1850 by the visionary developer Thomas Kemp (1782-1844).
The 6th Duke describes the round dining-room of 14 Chichester Terrace in Handbook of Chatsworth and Hardwick, London, 1845, and it is also described more recently in Antony Dale's Fashionable Brighton 1812-1860, London, 1947. 14 Chichester Terrace was later the property of the Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife, and the above lot remained in the house until 1972.

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