Lot 5
EARLY 18TH CENTURY STYLE CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT PIER TABLE
CIRCA 1900
The Forbes Collection at Old Battersea House
Auction: 1 November 2011 at 11:00 GMT
£2,500
Description
the rectangular faux-marble top above a moulded frieze with ribbon and flowerhead beading, the shaped apron centred by a shell and flanked by acanthus leaves, upon leaf-capped cabriole legs with paw feet
Dimensions
216cm (85in) wide, 86cm (33.9) high, 76cm (29.9in) deep
Footnote
Literature: Joy Billington, Forbes: The London Collection, The Illustrated London News, Spring, 1991, Vol. 279, No.7099, p. 41