A PAIR OF GEORGE I GILTWOOD SIDE TABLES

The concave moulded frieze and straight legs of these tables derive from Chinese prototypes. A related table at Boughton House, Northamptonshire, with acanthus-bulb feet and gilt-gesso top is attributed to James Moore the Elder (c. 1670-1726; R. Edwards, M. Jordain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers c. 1700-1800, rev. edn., London, 1955, p. 136, fig. 33). Another side table likewise with gilt-gesso top, and attributed to Moore, is in the collection of The Duke of Grafton at Euston Hall, Suffolk (T. Murdoch, 'The King's Cabinet-Maker: The Giltwood Furniture of James Moore the Elder', The Burlington Magazine, vol. 145, no. 123, 2003, p. 409, fig. 4). A pair of gilt-gesso tables in the Royal Collection, bearing the crowned cypher of George I, is inscribed 'MOORE' on the table top (A. Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740,. Woodbridge, 2009, plate 5:5).