A PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED, ROSEWOOD, EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT TRIPOD TABLES
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A PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED, ROSEWOOD, EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT TRIPOD TABLES

EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF HENRY HOLLAND

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A PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED, ROSEWOOD, EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT TRIPOD TABLES
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF HENRY HOLLAND
Each with a three-quarter Greek key gallery above a fluted spreading shaft, on a concave-sided tripartite base with paw feet, each with partial depository label for Russell Brothers, Leeds, one inscribed in pen 'Lord Teignmouth' and numbered '149', the tops re-laid, the gallery of one stamped 'T.B'

27 ¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high; 25 ½ in. (64.5 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
John Shore, Lord Teignmouth (1751-1834), Governor General of India (1793-1797).
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. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

The model for this pair of rosewood tripod tables derives from designs for Roman candelabrum introduced by the connoisseur Thomas Hope (d. 1842) at his Duchess Street mansion museum and illustrated in his Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, pl. IX and L, no. 3.
A pair of related rosewood tables, likewise derived from Hope's candelabra patterns, formed part of the drawing room furniture designed by Henry Holland (d. 1806), and supplied in circa 1809 by the Mount Street firm of Marsh & Tatham for Southill, Bedfordshire (G. Jackson-Stops, 'Southill Park, Bedfordshire', Country Life, 28 April 1994, pp. 62-67, and F.J.B. Watson, 'The Furniture and Decoration', Southill: A Regency House, London, 1951, pp. 29-30, pl. 45).
The fluted spreading column, concave-sided plinth and gilt paw feet of the present tables closely resemble a pair of octagonal tripod tables originally at Oakley House, Bedfordshire, which was fitted for The 5th Duke of Bedford by Holland (Henry Holland, Woburn Abbey, exhibition catalogue, 1971, p. 6 and fig. 8).
A pair of tables of this pattern sold from the collection of Lord and Lady White of Hull, Christie's, New York, 30 April 1997, lot 226, illustrated in E. Joy, English Furniture, 1800-1851, London, 1977, p. 65. A virtually identical table sold Christie's, London, 9 March 2000, lot 198 (£9,200).

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