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A PAIR OF GEORGE III PAINTED-SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY DOUBLE-GATELEG CARD-TABLES
Lot 416 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOT 416)

A PAIR OF GEORGE III PAINTED-SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY DOUBLE-GATELEG CARD-TABLES

CIRCA 1780

Closed11 June 2010

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III PAINTED-SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY DOUBLE-GATELEG CARD-TABLES
CIRCA 1780
Each foldover top with a kingwood crossbanded border, painted and stained lily of the valley and other flowers opening to a red felt-lined playing-surface, on straight cuffed legs, the base of one top inscribed "FOR MR. MITCHELL", the decoration refreshed and partially later, the tops re-laid
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high, 39 in. (99 cm.) wide, 17¾ in.(45 cm.) deep (2)

Mr. Mitchell (according to the inscription).
Acquired from Wood and Hogan, New York, representatives of Arthur Brett & Sons, Norwich, 24 June, 1936, and by descent.

Specialist note

This pair of card-tables have tops with radiating veneer designed to be reflected in pier glasses. Messrs A. Hepplewhite & Co. illustrated a design for a semi-elliptical card-table in their The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pl. 60. They state that card-tables "may be either square, circular or oval; the inner part is lined with green cloth; the fronts may be enriched with inlaid or painted ornaments; the tops also admit of great elegance in the same styles."

These tables are accompanied by a letter from Wood and Hogan, dated February 5 1936, where the tables are described in glowing terms as follows:

"They came to us from England with the comment that they very likely could have come from Sheraton's own shop, for they are one of the finest pairs of satinwood card-tables to be found for sale today. The workmanship is exquisitely done and the colour is very fine. The list price is $1075 and we are sorry that we cannot reduce the price on them..."