A George III style mahogany console table, late 19th century, in the manner of Robert Adam | Console en acajou de style George III, fin XIXe siècle, en la manière de Robert Adam

Sir George Cooper, Bart. Hursley Park, Winchester, Hampshire, circa 1905

With G. Jetley, Antique dealers, 24 Bruton Street, in 1949.

Possibly acquired from Frank Partridge, London.

Country Life, 23rd October 1909, Hursley Park, 'The seat of Sir George Cooper. Bt.', p. 569 (ill.).

A Catalogue of Pictures by Old Masters of the English School and Works of Art forming the collection of Sir George A. Cooper Bart. at Hursley Park, Winchester, Chiswick Press, 1912, (ill.).

Connoisseur Magazine Year Book, 1949 (illustrated with the whole suite)

The present table seems to have been part of an important suite of revival furniture, once at Hursley Park, Hampshire, probably acquired by Sir George Cooper around 1905. A demi-lune side table and and pair of urns from this suite are part of the collection of the Metropolitan, with the table being on view in the iconic Lansdowne Dining Room Gallery at this museum (inv. nrs. 55.187.1 a-c, 55.187.3).

The suite comprised a pair of sideboard tables, two semi-circular side tables and a pair of urns on pedestals and was shot in situ in by Country Life in 1909.

The suite was advertised by the London furniture dealer and maker G.Jetley in 1949, who probably acquired it after Lady Cooper died in 1948. It is possible that Frank Partridge bought the entire suite afterwards as the firm sold the two items to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1955, and D. Yolanda Eleta is known to have made several purchases there.  

The pair to this table was sold Bonham's, London, 14 February 2018, lot 313 (£16,250)