Lot 37
A George I cut gesso and giltwood centre table in the manner of James Moore
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20 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£20,000 - £30,000
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A George I cut gesso and giltwood centre table
in the manner of James Moore
The rectangular top decorated with a central patera amongst strapwork acanthus foliage, flowers and shell spandrels within moulded edge with outset rounded corners, the cavetto frieze above a shaped, scrolling apron centred on each side by shells and acanthus, the cabriole legs with acanthus lappets to the knees, on leafy pad feet, re-gilded, 95cm wide, 60cm deep, 73cm high (37in wide, 23.5in deep, 28.5in high).
The rectangular top decorated with a central patera amongst strapwork acanthus foliage, flowers and shell spandrels within moulded edge with outset rounded corners, the cavetto frieze above a shaped, scrolling apron centred on each side by shells and acanthus, the cabriole legs with acanthus lappets to the knees, on leafy pad feet, re-gilded, 95cm wide, 60cm deep, 73cm high (37in wide, 23.5in deep, 28.5in high).
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Provenance:
Hill Place, Swanmore, Hampshire and thence by family descent.
The overall strapwork design of the top relates to that on a gilt table in the Royal collection by James Moore which bears the crowned cypher of George I and the incised maker's name 'Moore' (see Ralph Edwards and Margaret Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers c.1700-1800, rev. ed., 1962, p. 133, pls. 24 and 25. Further tables with similarly patterned tops include an example sold Christie's London, 20 November 2008, lot 630, another sold in the same rooms, 4 June 2009, lot 23 and a near pair sold Christie's New York, 14-15 April, 2011, lot 550. The top of a gilt table sharing an almost identical design is illustrated in P.Macquoid, A History of English Furniture reprinted 1991, p. 210, fig. 464. Other examples of related tops are recorded on a pair of pier tables at Blair Castle, Scotland (A. Coleridge, 'William Masters and some early 18th century furniture at Blair Castle, Scotland', The Connoisseur, October 1963, p.78, fig. 2).
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