Live Auction 2504A Trumbauer Estate on The Philadelphia Main Line
A GEORGE III SIMULATED-TORTOISESHELL AND GILT-JAPANNED DRESSING TABLE
Lot 664

A GEORGE III SIMULATED-TORTOISESHELL AND GILT-JAPANNED DRESSING TABLE

CIRCA 1800

Closed15 April 2011

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USD 2,250

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A GEORGE III SIMULATED-TORTOISESHELL AND GILT-JAPANNED DRESSING TABLE
CIRCA 1800
Decorated overall with Chinoiserie scenes, the serpentine shaped hinged rectangular top enclosing a fitted interior with a framed mirror, above a frieze drawer, on square tapering splayed legs, the decoration refreshed
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 20¾ in. (53 cm.) wide; 14¼ in. (36 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 September 1997, lot 119.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 September 2001, lot 33.

Specialist note

The elegant serpentine-topped table, with straight legs terminating in scrolled feet, corresponds to the form of seat furniture in Messrs. A. Hepplewhite & Co.'s, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788 (pls. 7 and 16). The latter featured a stool appropriate for japanning and for use either in drawing-rooms or dressing-rooms.