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A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SATINWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND EBONY QUARTETTO TABLES
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A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SATINWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND EBONY QUARTETTO TABLES

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SATINWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND EBONY QUARTETTO TABLES
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each with a rectangular crossbanded top with ebony moulding, on twin columnar ring-turned supports with a concave stretcher, on downswept tapering legs
The largest table; 27¼ in. (69 cm.) high; 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) wide; 13½ in. (34 cm.) deep (4)
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Lot Essay

The pattern for these quartetto tables, with their concave stretcher and inlaid tops derives from Thomas Sharaton's design entitled 'Quartetto Table', illustrated in his The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1792, pl.78.
A similar set of quartetto tables is illustrated in R. Fastnedge Sheraton Furniture, London, 1962, pl. 54.

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