The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

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A Louis XVI carved giltwood demi-lune console table, circa 1780

Auction Closed

March 24, 08:41 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Louis XVI carved giltwood demi-lune console table

circa 1780


the figured red marble top above a guilloche frieze on leaf carved stop-fluted tapering legs with collars and a moulded stretcher centred with an urn

85.5cm. high, 89cm. wide, 44cm. deep.

Arthur T. Bolton, ‘Mersham le Hatch’, Country Life, 26 March 1921, photographed in the hall, p. 370;
H. Avray Tipping, ‘Mersham le Hatch’, Country Life, 8 August 1925, in situ, p. 219;
Inventory, 1926, p. 28, in the south room;
Avray Tipping, English Homes, Late Georgian, 1760-1820, London, 1926, in situ, p. 124;
Christopher Hussey, English Country Houses, Mid Georgian 1760-1800, London, 1984, in situ, p.100.