A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TEA-TABLE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TEA-TABLE
The eared rectangular folding top, with ribbon-twist border, above a frieze and later side drawer, on acanthus-carved cabriole legs and bun feet, restorations, with signs of previous ebonising, the border possibly recarved
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 32½ in. (87.5 cm.) wide; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The table's architectural tablet-cornered top, carved with flowered ribbon-guilloche borders, also features on a card-table in the W. E. George Collection illustrated in P. Macquoid, A History of English Furniture, The Age of Mahogany, London, 1908, fig. 213.

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