A GEORGE III MAHOGANY READING-TABLE

CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY READING-TABLE
CIRCA 1770
The rectangular hinged ratcheted top above a pair of pull-out slides over a frieze drawer above a ring-turned stem, on cabriole legs ending in pad feet, with a red painted number to underside 4960 and a trade label for Margery Dean/Antiques/The Galleries/Wivenhoe, Essex
30¼ in. (77 cm.) high, closed, 22½ in. (57 cm.) wide, 26½ in. (67 cm.) deep

Sale room notice

Please note the catalogue image for this lot is incorrectly labelled as 79.

Lot Essay

The form of this table, with the ratcheted, centrally hinged top is virtually identical to an example with a more elaborate base in the library at Kenwood House, London, made to his own design by William France. Listed as a 'large Mahogany Reading Stand on a Stout Pillar and Claw' it was most probably supplied in 1769 and is illustrated in E. Harris, The Genius of Robert Adam, His Interiors, London, 2001, p.189, fig. 277.

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