A GEORGE III CROCODILE MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE

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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF GEORGE MCFADDEN AND MCFADDEN BROTHERS PARTNERSHIP (LOTS 559-581)

A GEORGE III CROCODILE MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE

CIRCA 1770

Details

A GEORGE III CROCODILE MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE
CIRCA 1770
The shaped top with rosewood crossbanding above a frieze drawer and opposing sham drawer, on fan-carved cabriole legs ending in molded feet raised on caps and leather casters, later pulls
28 in. (71 cm.) high, 19 in. (48.5 cm.) wide, 29 in. (73.5 cm.) deep, closed

Provenance

Acquired from Hotspur, London, 1995.

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.

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Lot Essay

An identical table sold Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1996, lot 72 (£20,700). A closely related table formerly in the collection of the collector Frederick Poke, is illustrated in R. W. Symonds, 'Tables of the 18th Century', Apollo, September 1939, p. 115, fig. VIII and in C. Claxton-Stevens and S. Wittington, 18th Century English Furniture: The Norman Adams Collection, 1983, pp. 320-321.

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