A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION GAMES TABLE

CIRCA 1745

細節

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CONCERTINA-ACTION GAMES TABLE
CIRCA 1745
With foliate-and-ribbon edge, later leather-lined playing surface above a sliding interior well, on acanthus and cabochon-carved cabriole legs ending in claw-and-ball feet, the hinges stamped TIBATS, the underside with M. Harris & Sons label
29 in. (73.7 cm.) high, 36 in. (91.4 cm.) wide, 17¾ in. (45.1 cm.) deep

來源

with M. Harris & Sons, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's New York, 22 April 1995, lot 348.

出版

M. Harris & Sons, A Catalogue and Index of Old Furniture and Works of Art, London, n.d. (circa 1930), p. 278, no. F22790.

拍場告示

Please note the following additional information for this lot:
The pair to this table with virtually identical veneers formed part of the renowned collection of J. S. Sykes. The Sykes table is illustraed in Masterpieces of English Furniture and Clocks, 1940, fig. 30, and R. W. Symonds, 'Eighteenth Century Mahogany Furniture illustrated iwth examples from the collection of Mr. J.S. Sykes', Apollo, November 1937,p. 72, fig. IX.

榮譽呈獻

Laura E. Armstrong

查閱狀況報告或聯絡我們查詢更多拍品資料

learmstrong@christies.com Tel: + 1 212 636 2434

登入

瀏覽狀況報告

拍品專文

Many fine pieces of mid-18th Century case furniture, particularly card tables, have 'H.TIBATS' stamped on their concertina-action hinges. The stamp almost certainly refers to Hugh Tibbatts, 'hinge and sash fastening maker' of Bell Street Wolverhampton, listed in The Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Wallsall, Dudley, Bilston and Willenhall Directory, 1781. There appears to be no mention of Tibats or Tibbats (the spelling of the name varies) in the West Midlands area after 1781.
The table was with the celebrated London dealers M. Harris & Son who established their business in 1868 and handled an impressive number of important objects as apparent in their undated series of Catalogues published in the 1930s.