A GEORGE II WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CONSOLE TABLE IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM JONES, CIRCA 1740

Overall in very good condition; interesting and heavy form. Decoration with a very nice cracklure to surface. Apron with some restored breaks to carving. Later blocks to support legs. Some age cracks, scratches, and rubbing consistent with use and age.
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The present table closely relates to designs by William Jones, illustrated in The Gentleman or Builder's Companion, 1739, pl. 27. Both tables share similar dramatically curved legs, a Vitruvian scroll frieze, and strong claw feet. Primarily an architect, Jones followed in the tradition of William Kent and was responsible, among other buildings, for the celebrated Rotunda in the pleasure gardens at Ranelagh, Chelsea, a rallying point for fashionable London society in the mid-18th century. The designs contained in The Gentleman or Builder's Companion were originally published in 1736 as an appendix to James Smith's Specimens of Ancient Carpentry, but were issued separately three years later and played a significant part in the dissemination of the Palladian style, being among the earliest published collections by any English furniture designer.