A GEORGE III MAHOGANY ENVELOPE TRIPOD TABLE
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY ENVELOPE TRIPOD TABLE

POSSIBLY BY MAYHEW AND INCE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY ENVELOPE TRIPOD TABLE
Possibly by Mayhew and Ince
The square top with four triangular hinged flaps above an X-frame swivelling support, on a fluted shaft and cabriole legs with pointed pad feet and leather castors, the platform but not the leaf-supports replaced
29 in. (73 cm.) high; 18¼ in. (46.5 cm.), closed; 26 in. (66 cm.) square, open
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Lot Essay

The possible attribution to Mayhew and Ince is primarily based on a table of the same overall form probably supplied by them to Croome Court, Worcestershire, and now in an English private collection (A. Coleridge, 'English furniture supplied for Croome Court', Apollo, February 2000, p. 12, fig. 8).
A table of this form with a more heavily-carved base is illustrated in G. Wills, English Furniture 1760-1900, London, 1971, fig. 90 and pl. 15. It was subsequently sold by R.B.W. Clarke, Esq., from Bridwell, Devon, at Bearne's Torquay, 14 October 1992, lot 26 (£43,000). Another closely related table was exhibited by L. Lowenthal at The Antique Dealers' Fair, 1952.
A card-table with related fold-out top revealing a decorated medallion is illustrated in P. Macquoid, A History of English Furniture, The Age of Satinwood, London, 1908, pl. VI.
here is a related envelope tripod table in the drawing-room at Oakly Park, Shropshire, illustrated in C. Noel, 'Living Rooms', House and Garden, October 2001, p. 225.

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