A GEORGE II WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT STAND

This richly serpentined stand, introducing gothic elements to the French 'picturesque' style, relates to that of a 'claw table' illustrated in William Ince and John Mayhew's Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762, pl. XIII. This stand shares the contrasting scrolls and central architectural motif with the design. There is a related stand at Erddig, near Wrexham in Wales, which was supplied in the 1760s to display a large pagoda executed in mother-of-pearl and the recessed top on this stand suggests a similar function (see M. Waterson, Erddig, London, 1979, p. 104)