A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE SIDE TABLES
Lot 149

A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE SIDE TABLES

CIRCA 1780

Closed2 July 2014

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GBP 8,125

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE SIDE TABLES
CIRCA 1780
Each frieze centred by a carved urn issuing husk swags, on cabriole legs, the underside of one table inscribed in chalk ‘1967/136/2/1/4/11’, the other with a torn label ‘…Road, London/Old English and Continental Furniture…’
36 ¼ in. (92 cm.) high; 64 ½ in. (164 cm.) wide; 27 in. (69 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 20 June 1987, lot 142.
With Jeremy Ltd., London.
Arlingworth.

Specialist note

The form of this table relates to a design published in George Hepplewhite, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 3rd ed., 1794, pl. 65 (ill. in L. White, Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1990, pg. 274, pl. 65).