George III Demi-lune table,, with inlaid decoration, square ...

Estimate

£200 - £300

George III Demi-lune table,, with inlaid decoration, square tapering legs to castor, 105x 118cm x 68cmH (condition, some fading, a split to one leaf) Provenance: This table was inherited from the Estate of the vendor's Great Grand uncle, Sir Alfred Brunwell Thomas (1868-1943) and thence by descent. Brumwell was an architect at the beginning of the C20th and famed exponent of the Baroque Revival style, which was generally favoured for the design of public buildings during the Edwardian era. Among Brumwell Thomas's most renowned architectural commissions were Stockport Town Hall built in 1905, with Belfast City Hall and Woolwich Town Hall both being constructed the following year. It is a widely held view that Belfast City Hall is the finest example of the Edwardian 'Baroque' in Britain. Alfred Brumwell Thomas, whose father was also an architect, was knighted in 1906 by King Edward VII, and in the same year he was made a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Sir Alfred worked at the Queen Anne's Gate Offices, near Buckingham Palace, but resided at 32 Essex Street in the Strand, and then later at The Albany in Piccadilly. The offered table evidently formed part of the furnishings of the two latter addresses, both located in historically important and exclusive areas of London. Sir Alfred is also known for the war memorials he was responsible for designing at Dunkirk and Belfast.