CIRCA 1785

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE III PLUM-PUDDING MAHOGANY DOUBLE-GATELEG CARD-TABLES**
CIRCA 1785
With rosewood-crossbanded tops opening to a green felt-lined playing- surface, with Norman Adams label to the back of one
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high, 36¼ in. (92.5 cm.) wide, 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

The Late W. D. Thornhill.
with Norman Adams, London.
Bought from Hotspur, London.

Literature

C. Claxton Stevens and S. Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, Woodbridge, rev. ed., 1987, p. 322.

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Lot Essay

This sophisticated pair of card-tables have an unual mahogany veneer with a distinctive mottled or 'marbled' figuring. They were almost certainly made en suite to a Pembroke table of identical design that passed through the hands of the London dealers, Norman Adams, as did these tables (both are illustrated in C. Claxton Stevens and S. Whittington, 18th Century Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, Woodbridge, rev. ed., 1987, pp. 322-323).

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