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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SPIDER GATELEG TABLE
Lot 412 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JEAN M. RIDDELL (LOTS 400-445)

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SPIDER GATELEG TABLE

SIGNED AND DATED THOMAS WOOTTON 1764

Closed20 October 2011

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SPIDER GATELEG TABLE
SIGNED AND DATED THOMAS WOOTTON 1764
The rectangular top with two drop leaves above a ring-turned frame with double gatelegs, waisted feet, the underside incised THOMAS WOOTTON 1764 and with illegible chalk inscription
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high, 31½ in. (80 cm.) long, 11½ in. (29 cm.) deep (closed)

Acquired from Macy Darling, Washington, D.C., 30 January 1974.

Specialist note

There is a Thomas Wootton of Reading, Berkshire, recorded working as a coachmaker and may be related to the maker who signed this table. He was the father of James, who was listed as a London cabinet-maker in 1762.