Details
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY AND INLAID GAMES TABLE
CIRCA 1820-25, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS
The rectangular top with removable central panel inlaid to one side with chessboard, enclosing an inset velvet-lined backgammon board, with two drawers, on turned baluster supports and bun feet with inset castors
29 ¼ in. (64.5 cm.) high; 45 in. (114 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Tissington Hall, Derbyshire.
Christie's London, 'Lord St Helens and Sir William FitzHerbert, The Collections of a Diplomat and a Courtier', 22 January 2009, Lot 546.
Literature
G. Jackson-Stops, 'Tissington Hall, Derbyshire - II', Country Life, 22 July 1976, p. 217, fig. 11, illustrated in situ in the Drawing Room
Special notice
This Lot is transferred to an offsite warehouse ‘Cadogan Tate’ at the close of business on the day of the sale. We will give you 2 weeks free storage from the date of the sale and after that point charges apply. All other lots will be held at Christie''s South Kensington until 5pm the fifth Friday after the sale. It will then be transferred to Cadogan Tate.
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