A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY LIBRARY TABLE

CIRCA 1820-30

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY LIBRARY TABLE
CIRCA 1820-30
The rounded rectangular top inset with gilt-tooled brown leather, above two frieze mahogany-lined drawers to each side, on turned tapering and reeded legs, with brass caps and castors, one drawer stamped 'M. WILLSON 68 GREAT QUEEN STREET', one lock stamped 'PATENT', handles apparently original
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 54 in. (137 cm.) wide; 38½ in. (98 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Thomas and Mary Willson established a furniture broking firm in 1818 at 68 Great Queen Street, London, where Thomas Willson apparently worked as both a cabinet-maker and a dealer. The firm's stamped furniture consisted of second-hand pieces which were simply retailed, and items made in their own workshop (C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 56, figs. 989-1006). Between 1830-37, after the death of Thomas Willson, the business was continued by Mary Willson and Son; after 1838 the business carried on under Matthew Willson.

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