Live Auction 2273The William F. Reilly Collection
Christie’s roundel
Lot 56

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-ROOM PEDESTAL

CIRCA 1770, POSSIBLY BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE

Closed14 October 2009

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-ROOM PEDESTAL
CIRCA 1770, POSSIBLY BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
The square rest above a fluted frieze and panelled door opening to a tin-lined interior with warming shelves, the back with printed paper label FOOTMANS IPSWICH
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, 18¾ in. (47.5 cm.) wide, 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep

Bought from C and H Antiques, London, in 2001.

Specialist note

The pedestal, with its cut-corners and beaded-border foliate medallions, compares to a pair of sideboard pedestals, also conceived as plate warmers, supplied by Thomas Chippendale in circa 1776 to Harewood House (see C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, New York, 1978, pg. 194, pl. 353).