PARTS 18TH CENTURY

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AN ENGLISH MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE
PARTS 18TH CENTURY
The octagonal galleried top tilting above a leaf-carved baluster stem on strapwork-carved cabriole legs
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high, 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) diameter

Provenance

James Thursby Pelham, Esq., Cound Hall, Shropshire, and later 55 Cadogan Gardens, London.
The Marion E. and Leonard A. Cohn Collection.
Bequest of Marion E. Cohn, 1966.

Literature

O. Brackett, 'Mr. Thursby Pelham's Collection of English Furniture', Country Life, 3 March 1923, pp. 50, 60.
P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1924, vol. III, p. 199, fig. 13 (J. Thursby-Pelham).
O. Brackett, Encyclopaedia of English Furniture, London, 1927, p. 221.
R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. edn., Suffolk, 1954, vol. III, p. 205, fig. 10.

Lot Essay

Scholar Oliver Brackett states that the foundation of Thursby Pelham's collection was formed through his inheritance of Cound Hall, Shropshire. After selling the property, he took the most valuable furniture to London (Country Life, p. 50).

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