A GEORGE II RED-WALNUT CONCERTINA-ACTION GAMES-TABLE

THE HINGES STAMPED H. TIBATS

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A GEORGE II RED-WALNUT CONCERTINA-ACTION GAMES-TABLE
The hinges stamped H. Tibats
The moulded rectangular hinged top enclosing four oval counterwells, above a plain frieze, two hinges stamped 'H TIBATS', on cabriole legs headed by scrolled angles and pad feet, brass castors, inscribed in chalk to the underside '1122', restorations, one back foot with restored break, some angle-brackets replaced
32 in. (81 cm.) wide; 29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep, closed

拍品專文

Many fine pieces of mid-18th Century case furniture, and particularly card-tables have 'H. TIBATS' stamped on their concertina-action hinges, including one in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Tibats was clearly an important source of iron fittings and was probably based in London or Birmingham (P. Thornton, 'A Signed Hinge', Furniture History, Leeds, 1966, pp.44-45, pl. XXIII).

A pair of card-tables with claw feet was sold from the collection of the late W.P. Barbour, in these Rooms, 17 April 1997, lot 24.