A SET OF FOUR REGENCY MAHOGANY QUARTETTO TABLES

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THE PROPERTY OF THE KEDLESTON ESTATE TRUSTEES, REMOVED FROM KEDLESTON HALL, DERBYSHIRE

A SET OF FOUR REGENCY MAHOGANY QUARTETTO TABLES

BY GAMBLE AND BRIDGEN, DERBY

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A SET OF FOUR REGENCY MAHOGANY QUARTETTO TABLES
By Gamble and Bridgen, Derby
Each with a rectangular top banded in rosewood and satinwood and with low ebonised gallery moulding, on turned spindle supports with an arched stretcher, on turned scrolled feet, repairs and replacements to the bases
The largest: 29¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) wide; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep
The smallest: 28½ in. (71.5 cm.) high; 13 in. (33 cm.) wide; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) deep (4)

Provenance

Supplied to Nathaniel, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (1751-1837) for Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire by Gamble and Bridges in May 1808, and by descent at Kedleston.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

This type of four nested tables named 'Quartetto Tables' were illustrated in Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet Dictionary, 1803 (pl. 75) and described as 'a kind of small work table made to draw out of each other, and may be used separately'. Amongst Sheraton's subscribers was S. Gamble who is likely to have been the Derby cabinet-maker listed in partnership with Bridgen of Irongate Street between 1805 and 1835 (The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 328).
The tables formed part of a collection of furniture commissioned for Kedleston Hall by Nathaniel, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (d. 1837) from Gamble and Bridgen, who invoiced them on May 1808 as 'A set of Quottetro [sic.] tables band'd with Satin Wood ... £14.14.6.'

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