Lot 197
197
A REGENCY ORMOLU AND INDIAN ROSEWOOD CIRCULAR OCCASIONAL TABLE
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE The following group includes Regency furniture from Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, which may have entered the collection of George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds (d. 1838) after the former family seat of Kiveton was demolished in 1811, from which time Hornby became the principal seat. Although Hornby has undergone a substantial number of structural and internal alterations, it is unknown who the 6th Duke engaged as architect in the early 19th century although it has been suggested that this may have been Ignatius Bonomi (d. 1870), the architect son of the Italian-born architect, Joseph Bonomi (d. 1808) who had worked with Robert and James Adam.
A REGENCY ORMOLU AND INDIAN ROSEWOOD CIRCULAR GUERIDON

CIRCA 1800

Details
A REGENCY ORMOLU AND INDIAN ROSEWOOD CIRCULAR GUERIDON
CIRCA 1800
The circular brocatelle di Espagna marble top surmounted by a pierced gallery, above a brass-strung frieze on three scrolled monopodia supports with pendant rings joined by a circular stretcher, terminating in claw feet with castors
30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds (d. 1838), Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, and thence by descent.
Literature
Recorded in 'An Inventory and Valuation of the Household Furniture... the property of His Grace The late Duke of Leeds... Hornby Castle, Yorkshire' dated September 1838, in the 'State Bed Room', 'A Rosewood Circular Table with marble top & brass gallery mounted on brass stand' (p. 9).

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Lot Essay

The occasional table is closely modelled on a guéridon made by Bernard Molitor, ébéniste from the Ancien Régime to the Bourbon Restoration, which is distinguished by the scrolled monopodiae supports (an example illustrated U. Leben, Molitor, London and New York, 1992, p. 74, fig. 62).

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