CIRCA 1720, IN THE MANNER OF JAMES MOORE

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A GEORGE I GILTWOOD, GILT-COMPOSITION AND PART EBONISED CABINET STAND
CIRCA 1720, IN THE MANNER OF JAMES MOORE
With Greek key, pounced and sanded decoration, on square legs, raised in height with the addition of associated feet in the late 18th century, previously with cabinet, losses and restorations, re-gilt
33¾ in. (86 cm.) high; 38 in. (96.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Literature

Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Althorp, Furniture, Vol. I, circa 1937 and later
P. Thornton and J. Hardy, 'The Spencer Furniture at Althorp', Apollo, April 1968, p. 182, fig. 6

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Lot Essay

Photographed in the Sir Joshua Room in 1892 with a lacquer cabinet above. The Greek-key decoration relates to the pattern of pier-tables and lacquer-cabinet stands that were chosen for London's Montagu House, and have been attributed to the court cabinet-maker James Moore (d.1726). Moore's name labels one related Royal cipher-enriched table, commissioned for George I for Hampton Court Palace, (Ralph Edwards and Margaret Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-makers, Country Life, pl.25).

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