Lot 370
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A GEORGE IV OAK, BROWN-OAK AND PARCEL-GILT CENTRE TABLE
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A GEORGE IV OAK, BROWN-OAK AND PARCEL-GILT CENTRE TABLE

CIRCA 1820

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A GEORGE IV OAK, BROWN-OAK AND PARCEL-GILT CENTRE TABLE
CIRCA 1820
The circular radiating veneered tilt-top above a plain frieze with beaded edge, on an octagonal spreading support with upspringing foliage above a spirally-gadrooned band and further foliage, on a concave-sided quadripartite plinth and scrolled foliage feet with brass castors, possibly later gilded
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 51¼ in. (130 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 9 July 1998, lot 116.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The table's foliage-wrapped pillar has a hollow-sided 'altar' plinth and involuted truss feet that correspond to that of a card-table pattern illustrated in George Smith's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1826 (pl. XXXV).

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