A George III part-ebonized inlaid satinwood and mahogany Pembroke table in the manner of Mayhew and Ince circa 1780

the rectangular top with a mahogany banding within ebony stringing with ebonized molded edge flanked by flaps similarly inlaid, the frieze fitted with a drawer opposed by a dummy drawer similarly inlaid, raised on square tapering legs ending in block feet and raised on brass-capped casters.  The drawer with a white ivorine label stamped S. & H. JEWELL / 132, 1IGHT HOLBORN, / LONDON W.C., the underside of the drawer front stamped C and O.

S. & H. Jewell, London

Beautiful quality, veneered on mahogany; the top and flaps slightly warped; some rubbing, minor losses and inpainting to the ebonized molded edge of top and flaps; the drawer front with two small triangular patches to the mahogany veneer of the right side; overall with minor scratches and scuffs.
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The use of beautifully figured satinwood and inlaid mahogany together with ebonized mahogany molded edges as seen on this Pembroke table are all features of the work of the London cabinet makers, John Mayhew and William Ince, whose partnership is described in The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840 as 'one of the most significant, probably the longest lived but, as far as identified furniture is concerned, the least well documented of any of the major London cabinetmakers of the 18^th century'.

The present table is related to a group of Pembroke tables in the manner of Mayhew in Ince, one sold, Christie's, London, June 19, 1980, lot 115, another sold Sotheby's, New York, The Jerome C. Neuhoff Collection, January 25, 1986, lot 222 and  another sold, Christie's, London, The Manolo March Collection From Son Galcerán, Mallorca, October 29, 2009, lot 149.