Live Auction 21919An Opulent Aesthetic: An Important Private Collection from an English Country House
A PAIR OF GEORGE IV BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD TEA TABLES
Lot 107

A PAIR OF GEORGE IV BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD TEA TABLES

CIRCA 1820-30

Closed9 February 2023

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GBP 4,000–6,000

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A PAIR OF GEORGE IV BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD TEA TABLES
CIRCA 1820-30
The fold-over tops with foliate-carved border on tapering lotus-carved column with shaped rectangular plinth on paw feet
28 1/2 in. (72 cm.) high; 36 1/2 in. (93 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

A Tribute to John Fowler; Christie's, London, 14 September 2006, lot 329.

Specialist note

A related pair of card-tables with similar foliate-carved edge was supplied in 1814 to George Home (1747-1820) for Paxton House, Berwickshire, by the Edinburgh cabinet-maker William Trotter (d. 1833) at a cost of £12.15.0. each and described as '2 large eliptic Card Tables to match'. The tables were supplied en suite with a matching sofa table with similar shell-enriched edge and paw feet (F. Bamford, A Dictionary of Edinburgh Furniture Makers, Leeds, 1983, p. 120 & pl. 61 and Paxton House, guide book, Norwich, 1993, pl. 34, showing the pair of card-tables and sofa table in situ in the Library).

A related pair with foliage-wrapped stems and shaped platforms was sold anonymously, Bonhams, London, 12 February 2002, lot 84 (£9,000).