Lot 408

A large mahogany partners' library table In the manner of Thomas Chippendale











Auction: 26 September 2007 at 11:00 BST
£5,280
Description
the rectangular top with gilt tooled burgundy skiver above a fluted and swag-carved frieze with a pair of arched central drawers above substantial wreath-carved pedestals, each with twin lion mask and husk carved pilaster uprights and enclosing folio racks, ending in hairy paw feet, the sides similarly carved and decorated (20th century)
Dimensions
200 cm wide, 83 cm high, 125 cm deep
Footnote
Note: This design is based upon Chippendale's celebrated 'Mahogany Library Table' made for Sir Rowland Winn at Nostell Priory in 1767.
Literature: Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture (Antique Collector's Club:1954), p.251, fig.24










