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Lot Essay
The table has its frieze and Grecian-scrolled legs embellished with paterae in the antique fashion promoted by T. Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1807. The use of ash is found on many Scottish pieces and this form of leg is also found on a stand for a display-case supplied by the Edinburgh cabinet-maker, William Trotter, for Paxton House, Berwickshire in 1815 (illustrated in F. Bamford, A Dictionary of Edinburgh Wrights and Furniture Makers 1660-1840, 1983, pl. 58). Many of the pieces supplied by Trotter for Paxton feature the distinctive use of sunken panels edged with beads, as featured on the frieze of this table.
The estate of Glendoick, on the Carse of Gowrie in Perthsire was purchased by the Scottish lawyer and judge, Robert Craigie (1688-1760) in 1726.
The estate of Glendoick, on the Carse of Gowrie in Perthsire was purchased by the Scottish lawyer and judge, Robert Craigie (1688-1760) in 1726.
