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Lot 1 PROPERTY FROM AN IRISH DECEASED ESTATE (LOTS 1-11)
This private collection from an Irish estate includes a rare near pair of George III sofa tables by the same maker, almost certainly commissioned for different rooms within the same house, hence the slightly different sizes. They correspond to a pair of tables at Broughton Hall, Yorkshire by Gillows of Lancaster. A fine late-Georgian pewter-inlaid table likely to be by either Louis Le Gaigneur or Thomas Parker, the Royal furniture-makers, is also featured.
This private collection from an Irish estate includes a rare near pair of George III sofa tables by the same maker, almost certainly commissioned for different rooms within the same house, hence the slightly different sizes. They correspond to a pair of tables at Broughton Hall, Yorkshire by Gillows of Lancaster. A fine late-Georgian pewter-inlaid table likely to be by either Louis Le Gaigneur or Thomas Parker, the Royal furniture-makers, is also featured.
A REGENCY EBONY AND PEWTER-INLAID ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE
POSSIBLY BY LOUIS LE GAIGNEUR OR THOMAS PARKER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Closed29 January 2013
Price Realised
GBP 7,500
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Specialist note
A centre table with identical pewter inlay and identical carving was sold Sotheby's London, Important English Furniture, 22 November 2006, lot 118 (£8500 plus premium).
Louis Le Gaigneur and Thomas Parker were the two leading English exponents of inlaid 'buhl' furniture during the early 19th century. Both men were patronised by the Prince of Wales (later King George IV) who led the revival of the 'Old French' style popularised by Andre-Charles Boulle a hundred years before.
Louis Le Gaigneur and Thomas Parker were the two leading English exponents of inlaid 'buhl' furniture during the early 19th century. Both men were patronised by the Prince of Wales (later King George IV) who led the revival of the 'Old French' style popularised by Andre-Charles Boulle a hundred years before.