Important English Furniture

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Lot 261
  • 261

A George III kingwood work table circa 1780

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Description

  • 71cm. high, 59cm. wide, 42.5cm. deep; 2ft. 4in., 1ft. 11¼in., 1ft. 4¾in.
with a hinged quarter veneered crossbanded top enclosing a well

Catalogue Note

A table of very similar form in tulipwood and rosewood, made for Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, is illustrated in Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, fig.436.

An identical table was sold from the collection of Samuel Messer, Christie's London, 5 December 1991, lot 115.