BY W. RIDDLE, CIRCA 1825

Details

A GEORGE IV BURR YEW SOFA TABLE
BY W. RIDDLE, CIRCA 1825
The rounded rectangular top above two mahogany-lined frieze drawers on panelled standard end supports joined by a turned stretcher, the platform bases with scrolled brackets and turned feet with inset brass castors, stamped four times W. RIDDLE
28 1/2. in. (73 cm.) high; 53 3/4. in. (137 cm.) wide; 25 3/4. in. (65.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 20 October 1988, lot 119

Literature

C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700 - 1840, Leeds, pp. 46 - 47 and p. 390, fig. 768

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Lot Essay

The cabinet-maker William Riddle is recorded at 16 Nottingham Place, Whitechapel Road, London, having taken out a Sun insurance policy for £200 in January 1823 (C. Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660 - 1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 746).

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