Property of a Gentleman
A George I walnut concertina-action card table, circa 1725
Lot Closed
June 9, 02:19 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
the feather-banded top opening onto a contemporary trompe l'œil needlework depicting cards and games counters around a central bag of money in petit point inside a foliate border in gros point, the front edge with a single frieze drawer, the legs with carved scallop shells to the knees and terminating in pad feet
71cm high, 86cm wide, 82.7cm deep when opened;
28in., 33 ⅞ in., 32 ½ in.
The collection of C. L. Fischer, Esq, according to Francis Lenygon's 1914 publication;
Acquired from Spink & Son Ltd, 28 March 1967 (£1,000);
Thence by descent to the present owner.
F. Lenygon, Furniture in England from 1660 to 1760, London, 1914, coll. no. 36, p.147 and 149, figs. 228 and 231.
F. Lenygon, Furniture in England from 1660 to 1760, London, rev. ed., 1924, coll. no. 36, p.148, fig. 229 (this time as "The late C. L. Fischer, Esq.") Available at: < https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015016824321?urlappend=%3Bseq=170%3Bownerid=13510798902102763-174 >