A pair of George I carved giltwood and gilt-gesso side tables, circa 1725

Please note that the condition report for this lot has been amended to mention a slightly larger chip to the back leg of one example.

The Collection of Barbara ‘Bobo’ Rockefeller, 13 East 67^th Street, New York, from whom acquired by the present owner through Gerald Bland, New York, 5^th June 2001.

The incised- and gilt-gesso decoration of these tables is of the light, elegant style popular in the first quarter of the eighteenth century. The designs incorporating strapwork and scrolling foliage  that were popularised in England by the Huguenot refugee Daniel Marot (1661-1752) and ultimately derive from French designs by André-Charles Boulle and Jean Bérain. This style of English side table became a sought-after form and is often associated with James Moore the Elder. James Moore (c.1670-1726) followed Gerrit Jensen in making furniture for the Royal Household from 1707-1726, and a pair of tables made by him are on display in Buckingham Palace (RCIN 596 and 597). Other George II gilt-gesso tables with a similar combination of form and decoration have sold at Sotheby's New York, 18 April 2002, lot 700 (two similar) Christie's New York, 15 April 2011, lot 550 (a pair) and Christie's New York, 2 June 2015, lot 147 (a single example).