A PAIR OF GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT RECTANGULAR SIDE TABLES

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A PAIR OF HORNBY CASTLE PIER TABLES PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

A PAIR OF GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT RECTANGULAR SIDE TABLES

ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES 'ATHENIAN' STUART, CIRCA 1765 - 75

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT RECTANGULAR SIDE TABLES
ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES 'ATHENIAN' STUART, CIRCA 1765 - 75
One with a grey-veined white marble top, the other with later simulated marble top, above a fluted frieze with lion-masks, on tapering fluted legs terminating top and bottom with rosete tablets, the lion paw-feet with leaf collars, redecorated, two original paw-feet
36½ in. (93 cm.) high; 90½ in. (230 cm.) wide; 36¼ in. (92 cm.) deep (2)

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Almost certainly commissioned by Robert D'Arcy, 4th Earl of Holdernesse (d.1778) for Hornby Castle, North Yorkshire.
Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Camarthen and 5th Duke of Leeds at Hornby Castle, North Yorkshire and thence by descent until 1930.
Hornby Castle house sale, Knight, Frank & Rutley, 2 June 1930 and following days, lots 78 and 79.
Probably acquired by Napier George Henry Sturt, 3rd Baron Alington (d.1940) for Crichel, Dorset.

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These tables, en suite with lot 16, are almost certainly those listed in the inventory of Hornby Castle taken in May 1778, 'Four marble slabs with white carved frames' (Yorkshire Archaeolgical Society, DD5/26/29). In 1838 they were were inventoried in the 'Great Hall' as '2 carved and gilt japan'd pier tables, with statuary marble slabs'.
Their design is usually attributed to James 'Athenian' Stuart (d. 1788), the architect-designer who certainly contributed to the Earl of Holdernesse's London house, Holdernesse House, 24 Hertford Street, as well as at Hornby Castle.