LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD SIDE TABLE
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Crossbanded overall, the shaped rectangular concave-sided top above a frieze centred by a tablet with a lozenge medallion, on square tapering legs, with remains of an old paper label, formerly with an undertier
32 in. (81.5 cm.) high; 57 in. (145 cm.) wide; 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 12 November 1998, lot 23.

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Lot Essay

This elegant herm-legged table has French-fashioned hollow corners in the manner of a 'card-table' pattern illustrated in Messrs. A. Hepplewhite and Co., The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pl. 61. The lozenge tablet features on a group of late 18th Century furniture manufactured by Messrs. Seddon, Sons and Shackleton including one of their dressing-tables bearing the date 1794 (C.Gilbert, 'Seddon, Sons and Shackleton', Furniture History, 1997, p. 4, fig.19).

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