Live Auction 7841500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
Christie’s roundel
Lot 56

AN ENGLISH ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT, MAHOGANY, SATINWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY CENTRE TABLE

POSSIBLY BY JOHN ISAAC HICKS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed29 April 2010

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GBP 9,750

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AN ENGLISH ORMOLU-MOUNTED WALNUT, MAHOGANY, SATINWOOD AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY CENTRE TABLE
POSSIBLY BY JOHN ISAAC HICKS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The serpentine shaped top centred by a musical attribute amidst scrolling acanthus, flowers and birds, within a trellis-parquetry border, the similarly decorated frieze fronted by a long drawer, on cabriole legs headed by crowned-female clasps
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 67¼ in. (171 cm.) wide; 40¼ in. (102 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Of English construction this table is in the French 'Louis revival' manner fashionable in England from the 1860s. The elaborate floral marquetry is comparable to the work of John Isaac Hicks (1826-1898) who specialised in making pieces in the French taste, often with marquetry or boulle work, from premises at 3-5 Kendal Mews, Blandford Street.