GEORGE III PAINTED SATINWOOD, ROSEWOOD, MAHOGANY HARLEQUIN PEMBROKE TABLE Y
LATE 18TH CENTURY
£4,200
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 27 September 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
the rectangular banded top with drop down sides painted with classical motifs, the top centred with a spring released oval superstructure painted with a circular reserve depicting a shepherd boy and sheep, the sides fitted with drawers and pigeon holes, raised on slender square tapered legs painted with flower trails and ending in brass caps and castors
Dimensions
90cm high, 71cm deep, 53cm wide, 107cm wide (open)
Footnote
Note: This harlequin Pembroke table was on loan to Temple Newsam House in Yorkshire for many decades, and is illustrated and discussed in Christopher Gilbert's book, 'Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall', Volume II, Leeds 1998, item 438, p. 348.
Provenance: Ex. Hon. Mrs Clive Behrens, Swinton Grange, Malton, Yorkshire
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